Regents Review Summer '17

The Regents Review Summer 2017

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Imperial War Museum On Friday 5th May the History department took 47 Year 8 students on a visit to the Imperial War Museum in London. During this time we explored the WW1 exhibition, the Cold War experience and the Spy section. In the WW1 exhibition students got to explore the “chill” of the trenches as they walked through a mock-up of a trench. They could hear the sounds and feel the “smell” that drifted through the trenches. To add to the experience, students were able to use periscopes to see “over the top” into No Man’s Land. They also got to see how they measured up for active duty! In the Cold War Experience, students were able to become real life spies and attempted to break the codes that had been set. Well done to Rodraich Hurnn who was able to successfully break the code – “Agent Frost lands today!”. Cadbury World Just before the Easter holidays, 52 Year 8 students went to Cadbury World for the day to investigate whether Cadbury was really fair trade and - of course - to taste chocolate! It was a fantastic day out where students learned about the whole chocolate-making process, from the beans to the chocolate being tempered into chocolate eggs!

All in all the students enjoyed the day and saw first- hand how history has shaped the country they live in today.

Competition The geography department has been running a ‘speak like a geographer’ competition. This is where students have to improve a sentence to make it more geographical. So far Zak Sbaa (Year 9) and Joseph Horsfall (Year 10) have dominated the competition winning every week! Here are some of their improved sentences: “Africa is a country” – Africa is a continent comprised of 57 countries on a continental plate. “Sudan is in Africa” – Sudan is on the continent of Africa. It is surrounded by Chad in the west, South Sudan in the South and Egypt to the north. The capital of Sudan is Khartoum which has a longitude and latitude of 320E and 150N.

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