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The Regents Review Autumn 2025

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Social Sciences

choices ripple into collective change, how societies fracture and mend, how memory safeguards the future. The students agreed to share research roles,

Student Leadership The history student leadership team gathered to plan a series of assemblies for the coming year, beginning with preparations for Holocaust Memorial Day. The discussion moved with a quiet purpose, as if everyone could feel the gravity of curating memory itself. Students outlined themes of remembrance, resistance and the fragile architecture of human rights, ensuring that the assembly would not just recount events but help audiences understand how prejudice evolves when unchallenged. They proposed survivor testimony extracts, reflections on cultural loss and a focus on the 2025 national theme to anchor the narrative. Looking beyond January, the group mapped out assemblies tied to major historical milestones across the year: the anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Windrush Day, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black History Month and key turning points in the civil rights movement. Each event was paired with an exploration of its historical roots - how individual

develop visual materials and collaborate with other departments where appropriate. By the end of the meeting, the plan resembled a calendar of lanterns - each assembly meant to cast a measured light on the past, helping the school community navigate the present with sharper awareness. They are excited to work closely with Ms Wooldridge, school librarian, on upcoming events! Watch this space to see the exciting work they are planning! Student leaders in history are: Kimberley, Nefeli, Matylda, Yasamin, Harvey and Lily.

Parliament Week

turbulence of the Civil War and the later expansion of the vote. Students took part in debates, mock votes and discussions about how laws are made, discovering that democracy is less a fixed structure and more a living organism that needs regular tending. They examined key turning points - such as the rise of political parties, the struggles for suffrage and reforms that broadened representation to understand how conflict and

compromise have shaped the nation’s political landscape. By the end of the week, students had a clearer sense of how historical pressures forged today’s parliamentary system and how their own voices fit into this long, ongoing story of participation and accountability.

During Parliament Week, KS3 history students stepped into the long corridor of British democratic history, tracing how an early gathering of nobles gradually transformed into the modern parliament that shapes daily life today. Lessons explored the slow construction of rights - from Magna Carta’s reluctant promises to the

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