Humanities

The Humanities subjects help students to develop an understanding of the world in which they live and therefore we believe that they play a central role in the school curriculum.

We have a strong dedicated team who are all passionate about their subjects.

Mrs L Hunter (Head of Humanities and Teacher of Geography)
Mr B Beebe (Teacher of History)
Miss N Cunliffe (Teacher of History)
Mrs A Gorbould (Teacher of Geography)
Mr T Guardi (Teacher of Religious Education)
Mrs K Grinnell (Teacher of History)
Mr J Halls (Teacher of Geography)
Mr A Lockley (Teacher of Geography)
Miss E McKenna (Teacher in Charge of History)
Ms L Reid (Teacher in Charge of Religious Education)

Geography

Key Stage 3:

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 7 NEW	Introducing Geography	The UK and map skills	Weather and Climate	Global Development	UK river Landscapes	Impossible Places
Year 8	Geology	The Geography of Conflict	Deserts and Tundra	Superpowers- The USA	UK Coastal Landscapes	Development and Globalisation
Year 9	Weather and Climate	The Geography of Health	Tectonic Landscapes	Superpowers - China	UK Glaciated Landscapes	Population and Migration

Key Stage 4:

Exam Board: Year 10 AQA Year 11 Edexcel

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 10

UK Physical Landscapes – Coasts and Rivers

Changing Cities London/Mumbai

The Living World /

Changing Cities London/Mumba

The Living World

Fieldwork 1 Physical

Resource Management - Energy

Year 11

Natural Hazards

Global Development

Global Development and UK Challenges

Fieldwork - Human

Revision

GCSE Exams

Key Stage 5:

Exam Board: Edexcel

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 12 Unit 1 -P	Coastal Landscapes	Coastal Landscapes	Tectonic Processes and Landscapes	Tectonic Processes and Landscapes	Fieldwork and NEA	NEA
Year 13 Unit 1 P	The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity	The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity	The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security	The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security	Paper 3	A-level Exams
Year 12 Unit 2 - H	Shaping Places – Regenerating Places	Shaping Places – Regenerating Places	Globalisation	Globalisation	Fieldwork and NEA	NEA and Paper 3
Year 13 Unit 2- H	Superpowers	Superpowers	Global Development	Global Development – Migration Identity and Sovereignty	Revision	A-level Exams

History

Key Stage 3:

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 7	Romans	Battle of Hastings	Castles	Medieval monarchs	Medieval monarchs	Reformation of Martin Luther
Year 8	Tudor Crime	Elizabeth	English Civil War	Plague, fire and witches	Industrial revolution	Women’s suffrage
Year 9	Slavery- Civil rights	WW1	WW1 Interwar period	Interwar period	WW2	WW2

Key Stage 4:

Exam Board: Edexcel

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 10	Anglo-Saxon an d Norman	Anglo-Saxon an d Norman	Super power relations- Cold War	Super power relations- Cold War	Super power relations- Cold War	Crime and Punishment
Year 11	Crime and Punishment	Crime and Punishment	Weimar and Nazi Germany	Weimar and Nazi Germany	Revision	GCSE Exams

Key Stage 5:

Exam Board: AQA

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 12 Unit 1	1871- 18-90	1890-191	Weimar Germany	Rise of the Nazi’s	NEA	NEA
Year 13 Unit 1	Nazi Experiment	Nazi Experiment	Germany 1945-1949	Federal republic of Germany 1949-1991	Revision	A-level Exams
Year 12 Unit 2	1625-29	1629-40 Personal Rule	1640-42 Outbreak of the English civil war	1642-46 English civil war	NEA	NEA
Year 13 Unit 2	1646-49 Second civil war and Charles’ execution	1646-49 Second civil war and Charles’ execution	1649-60 Experiments in government	Revision	Revision	A-level Exams

Religious Education

Key Stage 3:

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 7	Intro to RE Nature of God	Creation	Right to equality	Image of Religion	Spirited Arts (themes TBC)	Special places/ Journeys
Year 8	Buddhism	Animal Rights	Human rights	Rites of Passage	Celebrations	Life after Death
Year 9	Evil/ Crime and Punishment	Sanctity of Life	Right to Freedom of expression	Islam and Britain	Medical Ethics	Big Questions

Key Stage 4:

Exam Board: AQA

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 10	Crime and Punishment	Christianity	Christianity	Islam	Islam	Human rights
Year 11	Religion and Relationships	Religions overview	Religion and Life	Revision	Revision	GCSE Exams

Accommodation and Resources

The Humanities department is made up of six rooms (two Geography, two RE and two History) and all are equipped with interactive whiteboards. Three of the classrooms also contain a set of PCs for use within the department. A-level lessons are taught in the Sixth Form building. The Humanities department have a wide range of resources for pupils to access and we work closely with the library to give pupils the best access to information to support their learning.

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Extra-curricular Activity and Trips

This is an area that the department are very enthusiastic about. We believe that pupils’ learning should extend beyond the four walls of our classrooms and we endeavour to provide our pupils with opportunities to enhance their learning through a range of fieldtrips and visits. The opportunities open to pupils in different years, include:

Geography:

Year 7: Ranworth Broad
Year 8: A coastal study of Overstrand
GCSE: All students much take part in compulsory fieldwork; ne day at Sheringham and Cromer for Physical fieldwork and one day at Norwich city centre for Human fieldwork. An optional trip to London, Stratford is also available.
Year 12/13: London Docklands regeneration study, Southwold study, a residential trip to Iceland and residential trip to Berlin

History:

Year 9: Ypres Battlefields (with our German partner school).
Year 11: Crime and punishment in London.
Year 12: An opportunity to visit the UEA and experience lectures from History professors.
Year 13: A residential visit to Berlin.

RE

Year 7: Walsingham trip
Year 10: Exploring Christian beliefs and practices trip to Walsingham

Humanities

The Humanities subjects help students to develop an understanding of the world in which they live and therefore we believe that they play a central role in the school curriculum.

Accommodation and Resources

Extra-curricular Activity and Trips

Geography:

History:

RE

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