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Introduction to Humanities
What is Humanities?
Humanities consists of the following subjects:
History
Geography
RE
Why Humanities?
Simple! It is the area of the curriculum which explores what it actually means to be a human being and considers where we have come from, the world around us and our attitudes and beliefs.
Through the Humanities, we support wider school aims of improving literacy and numeracy. We promote students’ moral, spiritual and cultural awareness. We foster enterprise skills and, particularly through the vocational GCSEs, we develop practical skills that students will need as they seek to find their way in the wider world.
How is the timetable organised?
We introduced an exciting change in 2008!
In Year 7, History, Geography and RE are taught as 'Humanities' in a three-lesson block each week. Click here to find out more about this fantastic development.
In Year 8 & Year 9, the year group is split into Bands x and y. Each band of students is divided into sets based on assessment data, attainment over the previous year and targets for the year ahead.
History & Geography are taught for three lessons per week at KS4.
Students who show a particular aptitude for Humanities study GCSE RE in Years 9 & 10 and sit the GCSE exam in May of Year 10. The RE department have recently reviewed the RE specification and have changed to a different exam board, which should allow pupils to be assessed against a criteria that rewards creative thinking and for being able to express their own viewpoints.
Resources
Each member of the Faculty is provided with a laptop for school use. In addition, classrooms have interactive whiteboards fitted. Teachers have exclusive use of a state-of-the-art photocopier as well as access to colour photocopying.
Last Modified: 17/06/2010
