Humanities Blog
  • Exam Revision

    16th Jan 12
    Very proud of our Year 11 History students. They have worked really hard revising for their exam on Tuesday, even working on Friday evenings after school....
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  • Exam Preparation

    4th Nov 11
     Humanities students are busy preparing for January exams. After-school sessions kicked off yesterday for history and geography with a good turn out. Year 11 history students also completed their first piece of controlled assessment yesterday. The students were extremely focused, it was a pleasure to see....
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  • Good Luck

    27th Sep 11
    Our Year 10 and Year 11 geography students are doing their controlled assessment today. Best of luck from the Humanities staff.  ...
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  • Exciting Field Trip

    16th Sep 11
    Year 10 and 11 geography students are spending the day on the North Norfolk Coast. Busy schedule of fieldwork for their GCSEs....
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  • Great Start

    15th Sep 11
    After-school history enrichment sessions kicked off this week. The students have been fantastic, really motivated and a pleasure to work with. Well done to all students involved for such a positive start. Keep up the hard work. ...
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  • Stunning Success

    19th Aug 11
    Outstanding History A and AS results. 100% A*-C at A-level. 92% A*-C at AS Level with 100% pass rate overall. Incredible effort, all the hard work really paid off. Well done to our students from all the history teachers in the department....
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  • Special A-Level Feature

    11th Jul 11
    Lauren Knell, Curriculum Leader of Humanities, Ormiston Victory Academy, and Jo Philpott, Deputy Headteacher Post-16 and Learning, City of Norwich School, presented the findings from an A-Level project at a workshop at the annual Schools’ History Project Conference in Leeds, 1st-3rd July. The conference is both a national and international gathering of history teachers, advisors, educational and examining bodies and Ofsted inspectors. The workshop was called ‘The Transformation of GCSE Guy into...
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  • Busy Weekend

    1st Jul 11
    Lauren Knell, our History CL, and Debbie Hodkinson, History teacher, on the road to Leeds this morning for the annual schools' History Project Conference. A jam-packed weekend of CPD ahead....
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  • Student Success

    28th Jun 11
    The History Students of the Month for May KS5 Hannah Dunne – Overall winner Aaron Wooldridge – Runner up KS4 Annalise Taylor – Overall winner Mitchell Renforth – Runner up Ryan Cornwall – Runner up KS3 Henry Goldsmith – Overall winner Daniel Kerridge – runner up Abigail Cork – runner up...
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  • Year 11 History students exam

    8th Jun 11
    ''Year 11 History students sat their 'protest' exam today. The students were really positive about it and the invigilators were really impressed with how hard they all worked throughout the exam. Very proud of you all. Fingers crossed for excellent results in August. Only one more exam for some Year 11 students next Tuesday. You're almost there, keep up the good work.''...
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