Humanities
Key Contacts
Miss Nuala Dora – [email protected] – Subject Leader for History
Mrs Christy Fisher – [email protected] – Subject Leader of Geography
Miss Esme Liebert – [email protected] – Subject Leader of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (PRE)
History
Miss Nuala Dora – Subject Leader of History
Miss Erin Sweeney – Teacher
Miss Jordan Mc Grath – Teacher
History is about people and people are complex, fascinating and frustrating. This means that studying History is intriguing, inspiring, alarming, heartening and disturbing. By studying History we engage with stories about progress and civilisation as well as stories about catastrophe and inhumanity. History is also society’s memory bank. This means that, in changing times, an understanding of History is vital for young people in helping them to understand our world. Societies where people understand History are societies which will avoid making the mistakes of the past.
At Hanham Woods, we believe that History is important for all the above reasons. We also believe that, for individual students, it is important, not just for the knowledge it teaches us, but for the skills it helps young people to develop. Young people who have studied History have usually developed a number of transferable skills such as the ability to think logically, the ability to argue a case both orally and on paper, the ability to draw conclusions from evidence and to differentiate between the truth, on the one hand, and opinion and propaganda on the other. Students with good History qualifications often go on to careers in Journalism, the Law and Politics, Accounting, Business and Management, Education and many others.
History Curriculum Overview
The History Curriculum Statement sets out the vision and intent for the curriculum in History.
The History Curriculum Map sets out an overview of the curriculum in History from Years 7 through to Year 11. Among other things, it sets out what is studied, why it is studied, as well as the keywords needed in each year. Students and parents are likely to find this useful.
At Hanham Woods Academy we encourage students to think like Historians in their History lessons. The Hanham Thinkers History poster summarises what that means.
The Exam Board for History is Edexcel
Geography
Mrs Christy Fisher – Subject Leader for Geography:
Mr James Littlejohns – Teacher and Associate Assistant Principal
Mrs Emma Dawson – Teacher
KS3 students receive 2 x 50 minute lessons each week.
KS4 students receive 3 x 50 minute lessons per week.
Geography inspires students to become global citizens by exploring their own place in the world, their values and responsibilities to other people, to the environment and to the sustainability of the planet. Geography will give students the chance to get to grips with some of the big questions which affect our world and understand the social, economic and physical forces and processes which shape and change our world.
Geography Curriculum Overview
The Geography Curriculum Statement sets out the vision and intent for the curriculum in Geography.
The Geography Curriculum Map sets out an overview of the curriculum in Geography from Years 7 through to Year 11. Among other things, it sets out what is studied, why it is studied, as well as the keywords needed in each year. Students and parents are likely to find this useful.
At Hanham Woods Academy we encourage students to think like Geographers in their Geography lessons. The Hanham Thinkers Geography poster summarises what that means.
PRE (Philosophy, Religion & Ethics)
Ms Esme Liebert – Subject Leader of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (PRE)
KS3 students receive I x 50 minute lessons each week.
KS4 students receive 3 x 50 minute lessons per week.
P.R.E provides students with the opportunity to explore philosophy, ethics, and religion through a number of diverse lenses equipping them with the content, context, and language to express, defend and develop their personal perspective on each by better understanding their own views as well as those of others.’
