Humanities Specialist Status
2005 – 2006
- Dedication Service
- Humanities/Global Citizenship – Launch Day
- Visits by Riding Lights Theatre Company
- Humanities Competitions for KS3 students
- Visit by Schools History Scene Theatre Company
- Launch of SAM Learning revision programme
- Lead School in SSAT/DfES e-mentoring programme for East Anglia
- Anti Bullying Assemblies in partner primary schools
- Visits by worship band and acts of collective worship in primary schools
- Visit by Year 5 pupils to St Bede's for Humanities/Citizenship Day
- Provision of data projectors in all classrooms
- Provision of Audio-Visual equipment in all humanities classrooms
- Start of refurbishment of Humanities classrooms and other areas of the school
2006 – 2007
- Introduction of Leisure and Tourism GCSE
- Pilot for Citizenship Short course GCSE
- Introduction of ‘AS' Level Critical Thinking for Year 11 Gifted and Talented students in partnership with Hills Road VIth From College
- Expansion of lead school role in SSAT/DfES e-mentoring programme for East Anglia
- Provision of e beams for interactive whiteboards in all classrooms
- Piloting of on-line assessment tests to help improve student learning and the learning environment
- Provision of ICT capability for student use in Humanities classrooms
- Complete refurbishment of Humanities classrooms
- Visits to partner schools in Palestine
- Visits to partner school in Finland
- Visit by Riding Lights Theatre Company
- Humanities Competitions for KS3
- Humanities/Environment Day
- Formation of St Bede's Environment Committee and application for eco-schools award
- Year 9 Gifted and Talented student assemblies in partner primary schools
- Visit by Year 5 pupils to St Bede's for Humanities/Environment Day
- Visit by Hills Road partner secondary school from the Eastern Cape, South Africa
