What a glorious day at Swanage with Year 8 Geographers today studying Tourism and Coastal Resorts! We started from Durlston Country Park and walked down the Coastal path into town. We all had a great day, fantastic behaviour from students and tasty chips for lunch on the beach!

This week the school was gifted a cross-stitch picture depicting famous black people in history, by a former student, This month as part of our Black History Celebrations we will be investigating some of these people in our history lessons.

This week, Year 7 have been re-enacting the Battle of Hastings in History. Students had lots of fun and created some incredible shields. Great to see year 7's enthusiasm for history!

34 years ago this month (November 1989) the last ep of #Blackadder Goes Forth was shown. The brilliant series ended with this moving scene, cementing the legend of the comedy. Vid: BlackadderQtes

In April 1937, girl members of the Hitler Youth Movement attended an annual camp at Godshill near Fordingbridge in the New Forest. The event was to help promote Anglo-German friendship, with English girls attending the reverse trip in Germany.

Today our Y10 GCSE History students were learning about the Munich Putsch, careful planning to coincide with the 100th anniversary, or luck…?! The audience can decide 😆

Year 7 History in action! Some excellent shield-wall tactics from 7C this morning, and three worthy winners of the shield competition!

State of Emergency: Iceland’s Department of Civil Protection has just ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city of Grindavík and the Svartsengi Power Station as a volcanic eruption appears imminent. Over 1,000 earthquakes reported over the past 24 hours.

The seismic activity map of Iceland right now is...jaw-dropping. These are quakes that have happened in just the last 6 hours. The Reykjanes Peninsula is smothered in thousands of small quakes and some mid-magnitude ones. That's what happens when rising magma breaks rocks.

Today was a lovely opportunity to share some family history with my son. Lest we forget

👑 It's the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years... New historical drama King and Conqueror, starring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer More ➡️ bbc.in/412G2bZ

Some lovely work from 7C on their ‘Museums in the Classroom’! Great energy in the room as they explained their research

This week in History, Year 9 have been doing some experiential learning by engaging with WWI artefacts. Students enjoyed exploring the uniforms, equipment and weapons used in WWI. They even got to try some WWI biscuit and bully beef that would have been eaten in the trenches

The sun is setting on another fantastic trip to Ypres, students were engaged and asked some excellent questions during the day. Now just the 8 hour return journey to get through 🤨

Footsteps of the Past 📽️ Now & then Enjoy!

#OnThisDay in 1916, the Battle of the Somme began, as thousands of British Tommies went over the top into No Man's Land. 1 July 1916 set a brutal precedent for the First World War & remains the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army.

Hi Taff, we have had this Second World War dated tunic donated, it is named to Major BWH Budden. Missing the front tunic buttons, could you help me identify what buttons would be suitable please? Pocket button shown.

On this day in 1962, President Kennedy is informed by U.S. intelligence of the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuban soil. The discovery precipitates a 13-day crisis between Washington and Moscow that very nearly leads to WW3.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and