History
About the Department
About the Department
The History department has four members of staff with a useful blend of both youth and experience. We are all incredibly passionate about our subject and this feeds through to our lessons. We believe that an understanding of the past helps students to interpret the present and current affairs. Our aim as a department is to create well rounded students who have a sound understanding of socio-economics, politics and religion, which helps them understand the world around them. We put an emphasis on developing critical thinking through the analysis and evaluation of historical sources. We nurture and develop the students’ written and verbal communication skills so that they can argue and explain their thoughts and ideas.
The History department has four members of staff with a useful blend of both youth and experience. We are all incredibly passionate about our subject and this feeds through to our lessons. We believe that an understanding of the past helps students to interpret the present and current affairs. Our aim as a department is to create well rounded students who have a sound understanding of socio-economics, politics and religion, which helps them understand the world around them. We put an emphasis on developing critical thinking through the analysis and evaluation of historical sources. We nurture and develop the students’ written and verbal communication skills so that they can argue and explain their thoughts and ideas.
What will your child learn in year seven?
What will your child learn in year seven?
Year 7 history has been created to encourage our students to be inquisitive about the past. We try to give an overview of life in England in 1066 up to the end of the 1700s. We offer a broad based curriculum divided into different time periods and focused on the theme of religious, political and social change in Britain.
Year 7 history has been created to encourage our students to be inquisitive about the past. We try to give an overview of life in England in 1066 up to the end of the 1700s. We offer a broad based curriculum divided into different time periods and focused on the theme of religious, political and social change in Britain.
The Year 7 curriculum starts with the Norman Conquest and how William consolidated his power after the Norman invasion. After which we move on to ‘Power and Control in Medieval England 1100-1500’. This is a study of how the relationship between the state, the church and the people changed throughout the Middle Ages. After Christmas, we will then look at religious changes during the Tudor period before moving on to political change in the 17th and 18th century, focusing on the civil war, and the birth of the Union and parliamentary democracy. We finish by looking at the theme of migration and the different people that have invaded or migrated to the British Isles from the stone age to the present day.
The Year 7 curriculum starts with the Norman Conquest and how William consolidated his power after the Norman invasion. After which we move on to ‘Power and Control in Medieval England 1100-1500’. This is a study of how the relationship between the state, the church and the people changed throughout the Middle Ages. After Christmas, we will then look at religious changes during the Tudor period before moving on to political change in the 17th and 18th century, focusing on the civil war, and the birth of the Union and parliamentary democracy. We finish by looking at the theme of migration and the different people that have invaded or migrated to the British Isles from the stone age to the present day.
We use these topics to help students gain a broad overview of the skills required at KS4. For example, the essential skills of selecting and analysing information as well as considering why there are different interpretations of events and factors. One of our aims by the end of Year 7 is to get students explaining the causes and significance of historical events and reaching their own judgements.
We use these topics to help students gain a broad overview of the skills required at KS4. For example, the essential skills of selecting and analysing information as well as considering why there are different interpretations of events and factors. One of our aims by the end of Year 7 is to get students explaining the causes and significance of historical events and reaching their own judgements.
How can learning progress beyond the classroom?
How can learning progress beyond the classroom?
The History Department offers an extensive range of extracurricular opportunities with the purpose of developing the students’ cultural capital, transferable skills and promoting a love for learning.
The History Department offers an extensive range of extracurricular opportunities with the purpose of developing the students’ cultural capital, transferable skills and promoting a love for learning.
We offer a KS3 and KS4 debate club at lunchtime where the students are taught how to debate and develop their rhetorical skills. The debate club hosts inter-form competitions and in Year 9, students have the opportunity to participate in a national debate competition. Redden Court has reached the national final on two occasions where our students debated at both Harrow School and Oxford University. The history team also runs a history art club where we teach history through the medium of art and students work on big projects which are displayed in history rooms.
We offer a KS3 and KS4 debate club at lunchtime where the students are taught how to debate and develop their rhetorical skills. The debate club hosts inter-form competitions and in Year 9, students have the opportunity to participate in a national debate competition. Redden Court has reached the national final on two occasions where our students debated at both Harrow School and Oxford University. The history team also runs a history art club where we teach history through the medium of art and students work on big projects which are displayed in history rooms.
History runs several educational trips in both KS3 and KS4. We plan to run a battlefield trip to Belgium in Year 8 where students will have a chance to visit First World War battlefield sites. In KS4 we run trips to both Berlin and Krakow, with both of these trips organised to supplement the student’s GCSE studies in history.
History runs several educational trips in both KS3 and KS4. We plan to run a battlefield trip to Belgium in Year 8 where students will have a chance to visit First World War battlefield sites. In KS4 we run trips to both Berlin and Krakow, with both of these trips organised to supplement the student’s GCSE studies in history.
