9 February 2024
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Humanities reward artists for their postcard designs

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

1 February 2024
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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.

1 February 2024
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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.

29 January 2024
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Holocaust Memorial Day

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

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

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.

12 October 2023
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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.

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

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.

26 June 2023
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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.

13 June 2023
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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.

11 May 2023
Image of Year 8 research local WW1 history for competition

Year 8 research local WW1 history for competition

Year 8 pupils were challenged to produce a piece of research explaining how their local area was affected by World War 1.

10 March 2023
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Year 8 go back in time for History trip

Year 8 students had the opportunity to visit Quarry Bank Mill, a working cotton mill, to see what life would have been like in Industrial Britain.  

21 February 2023
Image of Year 7 Motte and Bailey Castle Competition

Year 7 Motte and Bailey Castle Competition

Year 7 pupils were set a challenge to build their own Motte and Bailey Castle with whatever resources they could get their hands on at home.

14 December 2022
Image of Priory's Anne Frank Trust ambassador speaks at launch event

Priory's Anne Frank Trust ambassador speaks at launch event

Priory's ambassador to the Anne Frank Trust continues her impressive work at launch event.

14 November 2022
Image of History pupils take a trip back in time

History pupils take a trip back in time

The History Department has led two trips to Lancaster for Year 7 pupils to explore its castle and priory as part of their study of the Medieval era.

20 September 2022
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Priory's Anne Frank Trust Ambassador's role begins

Year 10 Jessica has just been on a course in the Lake District as part of her Anne Frank Trust Ambassador role. 

12 July 2022
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Year 9 pupil selected as Anne Frank Trust ambassador

Jessica overcame a tough process to become an Anne Frank Trust Ambassador as she promotes a society safe from prejudice and discrimination. 

5 May 2022
Image of Year 11 Helmsley Residential Trip

Year 11 Helmsley Residential Trip

A Year 11 group of 30 pupils travelled by minibus for a superb long weekend to a wonderful youth hostel at Helmsley, North Yorkshire.

31 March 2022
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When English and History collide to make great impact - part 2

The History and English Departments are working together again and it’s a subject that has got pupils gripped – a serial killer.

30 March 2022
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Year 8 do history their own way

Year 8 pupils have been tasked with researching and creating a presentation on whatever part of history interests them.

17 March 2022
Image of Anne Frank exhibition brings the past to the present

Anne Frank exhibition brings the past to the present

Priory pupils know that the story of Anne Frank is as relevant today as it was in the 1940s – and they have been learning more about it.

10 February 2022
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Humanities get work rewarded with new postcard

There will be new Humanities rewards postcards sent out next term!

17 November 2021
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Design the Humanities' praise postcard

Would you like the chance to have your design put in print as the new Humanities praise postcard?

31 May 2021
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English and History collide to make great impact

The Tier 3 words and facts about the conflict pupils are learning in History are being used in Mrs Gidden’s creative language lessons about the period and it’s producing work in both subjects of a high standard. 

5 May 2021
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Year 8 pupil brings his story to life in History

Year 8 pupil Cyrus brought history to life by showing off his great-grandad’s medals from World War II.

17 December 2020
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Year 7 castle competition

A few weeks back, Year 7 pupils were set a challenge to build their own Motte and Bailey Castle with whatever resources they could get their hands on at home.

12 June 2020
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Time capsule competition

Today we would like to launch a competition for Priory pupils to put forward items to be placed into the capsule.