Regents Review Summer 2019

The Regents Review Summer 2019

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Humanities Year 7s were

3. Mysteries of life! - Out at the edge of knowledge, everything gets mysterious. What mysteries of life would they love to solve? There is much we don’t know, so much that inspires, so much that is mysterious - where to begin? They could also explore the awful mystery of suffering and the faces of evil. Many of our students really get into this competition and, once again, the standard of work was fantastic. The 11 winners within the school were: A lice Blades, Amelie Asher, Anisa Ahmed, Briana Harriman, Charlie Jones, Chloe Arthur, Jessica Baran, Lynne Barratt, Julia Olszowa, Olly Wignall and Willow Kentenchen . Four of these (Amelie, Brianna, Olly and Anisa) were selected by the local SACRE as winners for the Southampton region. All 11 will be entered into the national competition in July. Well done Year 7!

investigating how religions use art in different ways to communicate their beliefs – from pictures to buildings to calligraphy. As part of this unit students were asked to produce

and explain their own piece of art as an entry to a National & Local Competition called Spirited Arts.

Students were given 3 options:

1. Questions, questions – students needed to consider Ultimate Questions e.g. What does it mean to be human? What will happen after death? Who inspires us? What will give us courage to live and love? 2. Windows on the soul - If you could look through a window in your mind or soul into the ‘big beyond’ what will they see? Does the ‘window of the soul’ open in life, through music, by spiritual discipline, or only at death? Does the spirit or the soul even exist? KS4 Berlin and Poland Visit On Monday 8th July 2019 5 tired staff and 42 students woke up very early - 2:00am and made their way up to Gatwick airport to begin our dual site visit to Berlin and Krakow. Our flight departed at 6:49am and upon arrival in Berlin we checked in and headed out to start exploring the city’s history. First stop was the historic and spectacular Berlin Olympic Stadium – here students went for a tour of the behind the scenes areas to see how it functions today as a Bundesliga football ground. Students

were blown away by the sheer scale of the stadium that, in spite of a few tweaks remains as it stood in 1936 – a sight to behold for sure! The next day we headed out for a 2 hour guided tour of Berlin – here we took in the Topographie of Terror, the Jewish Museum and Checkpoint Charlie. These places really brought their studies to life for the students. Wednesday was a slightly less busy day with visits to the memorial church and the Holocaust memorial. From here we departed for an overnight coach trip to Krakow…

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