Humanities

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Within Humanities our vision is to develop enquiring minds which foster curiosity, intrigue and passion for people, cultures and the history of the World around them. Encouraging students to challenge issues from the past and present and examine the impact these have on future generations, whilst giving them the courage to question and become active global citizens.

The department incorporates three subjects in total – History, Geography and Religious Education. As a department we consistently share best practice and work collaboratively to maintain ours and the school’s high standards to ensure that students achieve their best possible in each subject.

The lessons that students receive across the department enable them to understand the world that we live in, investigate people in different times and different places, develop empathy by gaining an understanding of people’s values and beliefs whilst encouraging them to examine their own values and attitudes in a global society through the skills of analysis and critical thinking.

The department offers a plethora of extracurricular activities and trips that take place throughout the year from day trips and international trips. We take every opportunity to offer students wider inclusive experiences through inviting in guest speakers and working closely with the local community for example for History we have…Religious Education we organise a free trip to the Abu Bakr Mosque and for Geography students we have fieldwork both locally in Hedge End and further afield to Hengisbury Head as well as speakers from Taylor Wimpey to complete decision making tasks for our students.