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The Regents Review
Winter 2015
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Departmental News
Humanities
Geography
It has been a busy time in Geography and Year 11 students
have been out of school carrying out an exciting fieldwork
assignment in the New Forest. All students worked
incredibly well and lots of data was collected for their
impending controlled assessments.
Portchester Castle
Another exciting event in the History Department was
Year 7’s trip to Portchester Castle. Alissa Ballard had this
to say:
‘On October 1st 2015 around 100 Year 7’s went to
Portchester Castle in Fareham. The first place we went to
was the top of the castle. It felt like we had been climbing
forever before we finally reached the windy roof.
Looking down from the roof we saw amazing views.
We saw lovely green gardens that were busy and full
of playful and excited children learning about ancient
England.
Mrs Blake, Mrs O’Brien, Miss Dunn, Mrs Bradley and Mr
Farrell gave us a tour of the castle and gave us activity
packs to fill in as we were going around. We learned
lots of interesting facts about Portchester Castle: for
example that it was built in the late 11th century, a long
time before even our teachers were born! Then we had
time to play in the sunshine by the sea.
After lunch we played in the wet and slimy moat, which
was originally dug to give the King extra protection from
invaders. Some of us got very muddy!
We had a quick
look in the gift shop
before we went back
to school. This was
the best first trip at
secondary school!’
Alissa Ballard,
7 Parks JG
A View from the RPCC History
Representatives
This year the History Department has employed
some of our own students to work alongside them as
History Representatives to make the department even
stronger and here is what a member of the team had
to share:
‘It’s great being a History Representative because,
not only do you get to work closely with the History
Department, but you also help to organise events
such as Open Evening and Historical trips too. Being a
History Representative comes with lots of responsibility
as you have to represent the department, teachers
and the school. It’s like being the voice of the History
Department. We discuss things such as what needs to
change and what we can do to stand out as a History
Department. It means we have a voice and are also
having fun with each other whilst working together at
meetings and events. Being a History Representative is
fun and we are all friendly and helpful.
On Opening Evening, everyone in the History
Representative Team wanted to show what we have to
offer here at Regents Park. We had lots of meetings prior
to the evening and we eventually decided to go with
showing the future Year 7s what they could be learning.
Misbah Ahmed and Isabel Brewer – 2 members of
the team – chose to display Martin Luther King’s iconic
speech: ‘I have a dream…’ by asking visitors to write their
own dreams. No surprise that being a unicorn was in high
demand! Bobbie Miah and Mollie Knight both volunteered
to be King Charles II and Oliver Cromwell respectively, arch
enemies fighting right at our classroom door – for those of
you that don’t know, Oliver Cromwell led the execution of
King Charles I – King Charles II’s father.
Alice Simms and I chose to talk to parents and discuss
in more depth about learning History at our school.
We were pleased to be able to do this with the help of
our History teachers: Mrs Blake, Miss Dunn and last,
but not least, Mrs O’Brien. On behalf of the History
Representative Team, I would like to thank them for
their consistent support and we hope to be involved in
an event like this again. We want to show that History
isn’t just about learning the lives of ‘dead people’ but
so much more…’
Khudeja Begum,
9 Parks KGR