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Exploring the Battlefields

15 Jul 2019
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History students embarked upon our annual Battlefields Trip.  Pupils visited the D-Day sectors of World War Two, visiting Omaha Gold beaches, Pont Du Hoc and Colleville American Cemetery.  They also got to visit the Bayeux Tapestry and Mulberry Harbours which hold...
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Digging Deeper with Southmoor Scholars

17 Dec 2018
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Durham4Schools hosted a workshop for Year 9 prospective scholars, Year 10 scholars and Year 12 history students.  They handled ancient artefacts (including casts of human remains!) and discussed how to identify possible causes of death as well as debate the ethics...
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Poignant Reminders in Poland

15 Oct 2018
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With Holocaust Memorial Day approaching Mr Wood and Year 13 students visited the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps in Poland to take part in the ‘Lessons From Auschwitz’ project which involved attending seminars, investigating the impact on the Jewish community and...
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Battlefields Tour 2018

10 Jul 2018
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History students embarked upon the annual trip to the Battlefields of World War I and II visiting Ypres in Belgium, Albert, Arras and Vimy in France to experience the poignant war memorials and actual battlefields – they were astonished by the size of the Tyne Cot Cemetery...
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A Voice from History

14 May 2018
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Year 8 and Year 12 students were privileged to hear a moving first hand account of history from Holocaust survivor, Rudi Oppenheimer. Mr Oppenheimer had students enthralled as he recounted his childhood in Germany, the UK and Holland before speaking about the persecution of...
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Lessons from the Past

30 Apr 2018
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We were recently joined by representatives from the Holocaust Memorial Trust who presented lessons to Year 8 students to prepare them for a meeting with a Holocaust survivor later this half term. Students learnt about the differing values of historical evidence, what we can learn...
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Battlefield Tour

11 Jul 2017
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  Budding historians visited the First World War battlefields and memorials in Northern France and Belgium. Students were able to immerse themselves into what the conditions would have been like for soldiers during the Great War. Pupils visited key places such as the...
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Codex in the Class Room

30 Jan 2017
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As reported last year, our students took part in a collaborative project to re-create the historical ‘Codex Amiatinus’, a bible produced by monks in Wearmouth over 1300 years ago. The new ‘Codex 1300’ was then sent to Westminster to be signed by the Arch Bishop of Canterbury,...
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