Welcome to the Humanities Department This is an innovative, dedicated and creative department. We are continuously striving for greatness and are eager to embrace new ideas which will allow us to maintain high standards, both in our teaching and outcomes for students. Our emphasis is on providing the very best teaching and learning, alongside opportunities for teaching staff to develop their careers. We have high aspirations for all and work collaboratively and proactively to ensure success. What is the team like? There are 11 members of the department and an additional 7 teachers who also contribute to the teaching of geography and history at KS3 and 4. At KS5 the department is responsible for the delivery of economics, geography, history, politics, psychology and sociology The department works both as a whole time and when required in smaller teams focusing on different subjects or key stages.KS3, KS4, KS5. The Department is led by a Head of Department and a KS3 and KS4 coordinator. When do we meet? We meet as a department for a short 15 minute briefing, twice per week. One of these meetings is focused on teaching and learning, with colleagues taking turns to share best practice, introduce new pedagogy/assessment, collaborate and moderate work. The mornings have become an enjoyable part of our working week, helping us to shape and inspire the way we work. Our second meeting is more focused on student attainment and progress in individual subject areas. We also meet once every half term for a longer meeting. The focus is primarily on teaching and learning where the teams use the time to collaboratively develop schemes of learning, resources and assessment materials. Which exam boards do we follow? AQA GCE Geography, Psychology EDEXCEL GCSE Geography A, History A, EDEXCEL GCE History, Politics. OCR GCE Economics, Sociology We very much look forward to welcoming new colleagues into the department, Warren Williams Head of Humanities
Welcome to the Humanities Department This is an innovative, dedicated and creative department. We are continuously striving for greatness and are eager to embrace new ideas which will allow us to maintain high standards, both in our teaching and outcomes for students. Our emphasis is on providing the very best teaching and learning, alongside opportunities for teaching staff to develop their careers. We have high aspirations for all and work collaboratively and proactively to ensure success. What is the team like? There are 11 members of the department and an additional 7 teachers who also contribute to the teaching of geography and history at KS3 and 4. At KS5 the department is responsible for the delivery of economics, geography, history, politics, psychology and sociology The department works both as a whole time and when required in smaller teams focusing on different subjects or key stages.KS3, KS4, KS5. The Department is led by a Head of Department and a KS3 and KS4 coordinator. When do we meet? We meet as a department for a short 15 minute briefing, twice per week. One of these meetings is focused on teaching and learning, with colleagues taking turns to share best practice, introduce new pedagogy/assessment, collaborate and moderate work. The mornings have become an enjoyable part of our working week, helping us to shape and inspire the way we work. Our second meeting is more focused on student attainment and progress in individual subject areas. We also meet once every half term for a longer meeting. The focus is primarily on teaching and learning where the teams use the time to collaboratively develop schemes of learning, resources and assessment materials. Which exam boards do we follow? AQA GCE Geography, Psychology EDEXCEL GCSE Geography A, History A, EDEXCEL GCE History, Politics. OCR GCE Economics, Sociology We very much look forward to welcoming new colleagues into the department, Warren Williams Head of Humanities
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