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22/03/23

Throwback to when Mr Godfrey welcomed the Y5s of into his classroom and demonstrated some exciting and experiments🧪 It was so great to see the enthusiasm of the Y5 pupils as they got stuck in with this fun day! https://t.co/mOI0BNS0jN

22/03/23

Last week MFL teacher, Ms More, attended the Kingston Grammar School Careers Fair where she spoke about her experiences & insights of the teaching profession, & opportunities to with the Waldegrave Training Alliance . 🙏 for hosting such a great event.

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21/03/23

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who supported us with our Fundraiser event for 🔴 It was great to see so many red outfits from both students and staff! We are thrilled to announce our grand total raised is £1,928.60 🥳🎉 https://t.co/XdBsIL5uId

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21/03/23

Retweetd From Waldegrave Sports

Last week we had exciting 6th form fixtures! Our U18 Netballers played and narrowly missed out on victory with the game finishing 16-18. Our U18 Footballers worked hard to finish 2-2 after going 2 down early on against Kings Maths School. Well done everyone 👏🏼 https://t.co/7CMZawZDYL

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21/03/23

Retweetd From Waldegrave Sports

A great morning at last week for the Richmond Borough Swimming Gala. A huge congratulations to all our swimmers! We took home 8 1st place medals across the year groups including winning both Year 9 freestyle & medley relays! 🥇🏊🏼‍♀️ https://t.co/gnyKillciA

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21/03/23

Retweetd From Waldegrave Sports

Another fantastic game for our Year 7 Netballer’s last night, winning 25-0 😱Well done to Daphne for getting POM! 👏🏼 Thank you for hosting us! https://t.co/SJoeoxlZff

20/03/23

Well done Y7s - you did us proud! 🌟 https://t.co/tcEm0tgZTZ

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19/03/23

Retweetd From Richmond Council

Funded by The Richmond Voluntary Fund, The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation will be hosting a FREE performance of the powerful verbatim play ‘I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die’ by Mark Wheeller tomorrow (20 March) 🎭 Read more about it and book ⬇️ https://t.co/oPCSVb0jWU https://t.co/lMt8tPK60O

19/03/23

Retweetd From WizardTheatre

It's tomorrow!! Tickets still available, so please follow the link. Looking forward to seeing so many of our followers there! https://t.co/sXetdiC2yE

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17/03/23

Congratulations to Waldegrave alumni Lucy Challis for being named number 5 on E2E’s list of 100 female entrepreneurs for her excellent leadership of Blue Arrow Care. https://t.co/hxa9JK0sZd Well done Lucy! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 https://t.co/niwiVvA5jA

17/03/23

Retweetd From Waldegrave Sports

Thank you for having us the students really enjoyed hearing about all the different areas of research! 💭🧠 https://t.co/839u69tspf

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17/03/23

Retweetd From Waldegrave Sports

More great Netball games this week against with our Year 7’s winning 12-5 and Year 8’s 23-1! Well done to POM’s Immy in Y7 and Jasmine in Y8 👏🏼🏅 https://t.co/k29Ewk8Cyr

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16/03/23

Retweetd From Hampton School Partnerships

The School corridors are filled with the sounds of strings, percussion, woodwind and brass, with rehearsals in full swing ahead of tonight's concert! https://t.co/IY0PfJqXXk

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16/03/23

Retweetd From Hampton School Partnerships

After a productive day of rehearsals and workshops, over 170 young musicians from our eight ISSP independent and state school partners come together for an evening celebration concert. https://t.co/2gRPE1JQ6J

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16/03/23

Retweetd From Hampton School Partnerships

The Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore provides the joyful culmination of a wonderful day of music making - with young people from eight schools coming together to showcase their mutual love of music. https://t.co/HIClhjgD7a

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16/03/23

Retweetd From Hampton School Partnerships

Wow! Take a look at what 170+ musicians from ISSP partner schools , , , , , , and can produce together in a day. https://t.co/9bRe8QRaS5

14/03/23

Thank you for this fantastic opportunity! https://t.co/l3xSBqs7V2

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14/03/23

Did you know today is International Mathematics Day? Also known as Pi Day: 14 March =3/14=3.14= mathematical constant Pi. KS3 students are challenged to visualise Pi in a variety of ways & recite as many Pi digits as possible- how many do you know?! https://t.co/KwfaejhZus

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13/03/23

Retweetd From WizardTheatre

Hosted by for a play written by “I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won’t Die” Next Monday! Book your tickets now! https://t.co/Oci2radZtL https://t.co/cDj5rm9Cnq

13/03/23

Retweetd From twickenham tweets

Can you help support Off The Record, a local charity doing important work with young people. https://t.co/KZZzIV0rEy

History

We aim to create the very best historians.  We challenge students to think, act and speak like those working in the field would, to research thoroughly, weigh up evidence, understand chronology, evaluate interpretations and develop arguments.  We do this by a consistent approach across the department ensuring all students develop the range of skills needed to become confident in their own opinions, make well-supported judgements and learn to express themselves articulately using historical vocabulary. 

The purpose of our curriculum is to give students a broad (mostly chronological) knowledge and understanding of significant people, events and developments and their impact, from the classical world to the 21st century. Within this, there will be aspects of depth study and aspects of thematic study.  

Our enjoyable Key Stage 3 curriculum aims to provide a good foundation and smooth transition for those who opt to study History at GCSE and A Level.  We start with developing students' chronological understanding with the creation of timelines and historical overviews. This is followed by three years of enquiry based lessons covering a range of historical periods and topics including the Middle Ages; The Silk Roads, the Tudors, African Kingdoms; Industrial Revolution; Empire, Rights of Women and War in the 20th century. During lessons students are introduced to key historical concepts and skills including change and continuity; significance; causation and interpretations which provide students with the tools to fire their curiosity and start asking interesting questions about the past.

The Key Stage 4 curriculum provides students with the opportunity to develop these foundational skills and apply them in a more sophisticated way to new areas of study. Our breadth study on the History of Medicine, 1250 - Present provides students with the opportunity to study a topic over an extended period of time. This contrasts with a depth study of Germany 1919-39, which examines the challenges of starting a new democracy in post WW1 Germany, and the reasons for Hitler’s ascent to power. The course is completed with two further studies: Elizabethan England and the American West. At KS4 students' enjoyment becomes more intellectual, enabling students to articulate their ideas more effectively in class discussions as well as on paper in extended writing tasks.

Students who choose to continue History at Key Stage 5 start their A Level with a study of two Communist States in the twentieth century: Russia and China.  Here students start to ask more complex questions which help them to understand issues relevant to the modern world, e.g. why economies sometimes fail;  whether the idea of communism was successful and how successful revolutionaries are as rulers. The coursework unit of A Level is valuable preparation for degree level study where the students learn to work as an historian, researching areas of academic debate and formulating their own extended responses to key historical questions. The Tudor unit on rebellion and disorder, 1485-1603 provides students with the opportunity to study the enormous political and religious changes of the period which marked the beginning of our modern nation state.

Underpinning all aspects of our curriculum is the importance of students being able to see themselves represented in the past so they understand their place in the present. We aim to deliver a diverse outward looking curriculum which examines some of the key events which shaped the Britain we live in today such as the arrival of the Empire Windrush in 1948 which brought some of the first post-war migrants from the Caribbean to Britain. We also cover areas of non European history including African Kingdoms; Silk Roads and the American West. 

Beyond the curriculum we offer students the opportunity to attend an exciting programme of talks from professional historians on a diverse range of topics. 

History Learning Plan