History is taught in three specialist rooms and shared between 6 teachers. The subject is taught using a range of text books and different types of media throughout key stages 3, 4 and 5. History is taught in three one hour lessons per cycle (fortnight) in years 7, 8 and 9, and in 6 one hour sessions per fortnight in years 10 and 11.
About the Staff
Miss P. Haigh – CTL of History
Mr N. Lee – Teacher of Histor
Mr S. Mishkin – Teacher of History/Geography/RE/Learn to Learn
Mr E. Beechey -Teacher of History/RE/Government & Politics
Mr A. Mackenzie – Teacher of History/Learn to Learn
Miss A. Hill-Dixon – Instructor of History
Mr W. Blatherwick – Instructor of History
Mrs F. Patel – Acting Head of Humanities
Latest News
Our visit by Mala Tribich – a Holocaust Survivor
On the 7th January Loxford School of Science and Technology were fortunate enough to have a holocaust survivor visit the school to share her story and work with a group of year 9 students.
Mala Tribich was born in Piotrkow Trybunalski in Poland in 1930. When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, Mala’s family fled eastwards. When they returned Mala’s family had to move into the ghetto which was established in her home town, the first in Poland. When the ghetto was liquidated, Mala became a slave labourer until November 1944 when the remaining Jews were deported; Mala was separated from her father and brother and together with Ann was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp. After about 10 weeks they were transported in cattle trucks to Bergen-Belsen where conditions were appalling and Mala contracted typhus. At the time of the liberation by the British Army, Mala was very ill. She was transferred to a hospital/children’s home and it was many weeks before she recovered. Three months later she was sent, with a large group of children, to Sweden where she spent nearly two years. In March 1947 Mala came to England to be reunited with her brother. She learnt English, attended secretarial college and within a year was working in an office.
Some quotes from students who took part in her visit:-
‘She had an innocence and purity about her even though she had been through so much'
' It was unreal, so inspiring, it made you think that you can do anything if you put your mind to it'
' Normally you just get the facts, but when Mala spoke I could feel the emotion'
'It was a once in a life time experience'
'It was a fantastic experience, a once in a life time! She taught us many things'
Mala’s visit was part of holocaust project run by the History department and the Library. Mala’s visit was the second of 5 workshops the students will be taking part in. In these workshops the students will be discussing what they have learnt from Mala, looking at literature written about the holocaust and creating a final written piece of work.
Outside the classroom
Students Visit Ypres
During World War I, Ypres was the centre of intense and sustained battles between the German and the Allied forces.
Support for your learning
The main aims of the History department are to improve the students:
* chronological understanding
* knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past
* historical interpretation
* historical enquiry
* organisation and communication
All units taught across the different key stages are enquiry based: asking important historical questions which provoke critical thinking. Students are encouraged to look at events from different points of view and make informed judgements.
Extended writing is also a high priority within the History department and therefore throughout key stage three the students are taught how to write structured pieces of work that contain factual detail. These skills are then reinforced in key stages 4 and 5
In the department we try to show that history is an exciting and dynamic subject.
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