The friends of bourne
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Our Curriculum
In Key Stage 3 History students study local, British and world history. This includes learning about significant events, people and changes from the recent and more distant past.
At GCSE, students study:
- Medicine in Britain c. 1250 – present
- Early Elizabethan England
- American West
- The USA 1954 – 75: Conflict at home and abroad
Exam
Exam Board: Edexcel
Specification: History 1HI0
Exam: Paper 1 – 1 hour 20 minutes (30%) Paper 2 – 1 hour 50 minutes (40%) Paper 3 – 1 hour 30 minutes (30%)
Trips & Activities
- Year 7 Humanities visit to Chichester to extend thinking and enquiry skills
- Year 9 and 10 History residential trip to World War I battlefields in Belgium and France.
- Year 9 RE/History visit to Chichester Cinema at New Park for Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Year 9 and 10 History/RE residential trip to Auschwitz
- GCSE History trip to Hampton Court Palace
- Links to specific events such as Black History Month and Holocaust Day
Staff
Mrs D McGarry BA (Hons) – Leader of History
Mr M Burns BSc (Hons) – Teacher of History, Geography & Religious Education
