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March Blog: International Women's Day
8th March is International Women's Day and this is a great opportunity for organising an assembly/setting up displays on significant women in history. (Please see a previous blog on International Women's...
February Blog: Anniversaries and site update
80th Anniversary of the bombing of Dresden. This photo shows the impact of the firestorm over Dresden - created by the dropping of 4,000 tons of bombs on the city. This month sees the 80th Anniversary...
January Blog: Holocaust Memorial Day
The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 is 'For a Better Future' IGCSE students who are studying Depth Study E on the Second World War will cover the Holocaust as part of this topic; however, Holocaust...
December Blog: Site update and anniversaries
December 2, 1954 - US Senate condemned McCarthy for misconduct over communist investigations; one of several key anniversaries this month. We have now completed Option A, and added Paper 1 writing tasks...
November Blog: Armistice Day
Armistice Day is a significant day in the school calender; it gives us the opportunity to remember the lives lost and sacrifices made in previous wars; as well as remembering the conflicts that are...
October Blog: Black History Month
In the UK, October is Black History Month - an annual celebration of Black history and heritage. The theme for 2024 UK Black History month in the UK is 'Reclaiming narratives' and there are some excellent...
September Blog: Anniversaries, site update, books, and programmes
Operation Market Garden, September 1944 Those of your students who are studying World War Two for their Depth Study may be interested in discussing the following anniversary with your students. Operation...
August blog: Back to School
An image from the BBC programe Atomic People (see below) We hope that those of you returning to school in August after the long vacation have had a restful time! If you are teaching first year IGCSE History...
Blog: The Olympic Games - historical controversies
This Friday sees the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. As well as being the focus of remarkable sporting achievements, the Olympic Games have often provided a spotlight on key historical...
Blog: D-Day Anniverary
6th June 2024 marks 80 years since D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe in the Second World War. As Historian Max Hastings writes, 'the...