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L4 Medieval Day
Jousting, herbal remedies, quills and more.
Race for Life
Girls raise well over £1000
Mad Hatter's Tea Party
M5 Brooke raise £140 for Big C
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22 May 2013 14:15
Cricket: 4th Form Academy v Taverham Hall (A) Leave 13.05, return 18.30. Lunch second break
22 May 2013 14:15
Cricket: U11A & B v Taverham Hall (H) Leave 13.15, return 18.30
22 May 2013 14:15
Cricket: U13A v Taverham Hall (H) (Lower Close)
Term dates 12-13
Michaelmas term
Starts Wed 5 September, 2012
Half term: Thurs 25 Oct - Mon 5 Nov, 2012
Finishes Fri 14 Dec, 2012
Lent term
Starts Tue 8 Jan, 2013
Half term: Sat 16 Feb - Sun 24 Feb, 2013
Finishes Fri 22 Mar, 2013
Trinity term
Starts Tue 16 Apr, 2013
Half term: Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 2013
Finishes Fri 5 July, 2013
FRIENDS CLOTHING SALES
Sales are held between 10am and 12 noon on the following days:
Saturday 25 May 2013
Saturday 6 July 2013
Saturday 31 August 2013
History
Department staff
| Mrs TM Newstead | Head of History |
|---|---|
| AP Curtis | |
| Mrs FL Ellington | |
| Dr DN Farr | |
| C Hooper | |
| Mrs GR Parsons | |
| NM Plater | |
| MW Strickland | |
| TJ Watts |
Aims and Objectives
Principal Aim
It is the principal aim of the History department to encourage an interest and enthusiasm for past.
The department also seeks to develop the followingCurriculum Aims :
- To promote the acquisition of knowledge and understanding of human activity in the past, linking it, as appropriate, with the present.
- To ensure that pupils’ knowledge is rooted in an understanding of the nature and use of historical evidence.
- To help pupils towards an understanding of the development over time of social, moral and cultural values.
- To promote an understanding of the nature of cause and consequence, continuity and change, similarity and difference.
- To develop essential study skills of research and analysis of information using a wide variety of sources and to construct logical argument, usually through the medium of writing.
- To provide a sound basis for further study and the pursuit of personal interest.
- To develop linguistic and grammatical skills and accuracy through a variety of media.
Objectives
Each student should gain a degree of familiarity with the past and feeling for its customs, cultures and developments, confidence in handling material in argument and analysis and the skills to express ideas in a coherent, individual manner relying on their own understanding. All students, of all abilities, should be helped to develop their subject specific and general skills.