Image of Year 11 History go back in time at Gawthorpe Hall trip
28 October 2024

Year 11 History go back in time at Gawthorpe Hall trip

Year 11 GCSE History students took an opportunity to step back in time with a visit to Gawthorpe Hall near Burnley, as part of their upcoming study of Elizabethan England. 

Image of Year 8 take a trip to church with UK's tallest spire
9 July 2024

Year 8 take a trip to church with UK's tallest spire

Pupils were given a tour of the Grade 1 listed building, with references made to its history and the establishment of the current church in the 1850s.

Image of Tommy Leaves WW1 History at Priory
28 April 2024

Tommy Leaves WW1 History at Priory

Pupils will notice a new addition to the ‘Lest We Forget’ Memorial Garden – Corporal Tommy.

Image of Humanities reward artists for their postcard designs
9 February 2024

Humanities reward artists for their postcard designs

Talented Priory pupils put pen to paper to design a Humanities rewards postcard.

Image of Year 9 teach the Anne Frank story for good
1 February 2024

Year 9 teach the Anne Frank story for good

Year 9 have been learning about Anne Frank as they talk about the dangers of intolerance and hatred.

Image of Year 7 castle competition winners are big on a small scale
1 February 2024

Year 7 castle competition winners are big on a small scale

Year 7 pupils combined their artistic talents and historical knowledge to build a 3D castle for a History Competition.

Image of Holocaust Memorial Day
29 January 2024

Holocaust Memorial Day

Humanities teachers, Mr Eccles and Mrs Cauchi took Priory's Head Prefects to the South Ribble Holocaust Memorial Day event.

Image of Year 7 pupils go back in time for History trip
20 November 2023

Year 7 pupils go back in time for History trip

Year 7 pupils were able to step back in time during this week's trip to Lancaster where they visited the historic Priory and Castle.

Image of Year 11 wander through the history of healthcare
12 October 2023

Year 11 wander through the history of healthcare

Priory's Year 11 historians embarked on a journey into the past by visiting Thackray Medical Museum.

Image of Year 8 experience life in the trenches with VR technology
19 July 2023

Year 8 experience life in the trenches with VR technology

The Humanities department welcomed 'Time Travel Education' into school to allow Priory's Year 8 pupils to experience a visual workshop based on the First World War.

Image of Year 9 History competition badge winners
26 June 2023

Year 9 History competition badge winners

Before the half term break, History Teacher Miss Ackers, presented Year 9 with a challenge to create a piece of research on whatever period of history interested them in order to receive a highly coveted History pin badge.

Image of Priory's Anne Frank Trust ambassador meets Holocaust survivor
13 June 2023

Priory's Anne Frank Trust ambassador meets Holocaust survivor

Priory pupil Jessica listened to the moving story of Holocaust survivor Anne Super as part of her Anne Frank Trust Ambassador role.