Banchory History

Celebrating pupil achievement in History at Banchory Academy, as well as sharing useful resources and links.

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Thank you to all pupils and staff for this year - @BanchoryAcademy has been a fantastic place to work! Leaving this account now in the capable hands of Mr D and Mr K. Have a lovely summer all - Ms T signing off now👋

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

⭐️⭐️⭐️Good luck to all our seniors, who get their provisional results today. You have worked exceptionally hard under extremely challenging circumstances this year! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

What a lovely, thoughtful gift from our Parent Council for the end of term ☺️

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Some interesting footballing history, regardless of which side you're supporting tonight: https://t.co/tTQQDM9BsW

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #SCOENG

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Ms Thomas had a great time visiting @hillofbanchory today to answer questions from P7s about their move up to secondary school in August, and sharing these letters from some of her S1 History class with their tips for success 👍

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

One for our new N4 and N5 learners 👀

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

#OTD in 1913, Emily Wilding Davison died.

Today a statue of Emily has been unveiled at Epsom, permanently commemorating the site of her tragic death.

We hold a wonderful selection of records relating to her life, detailed in this thread.

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

We are ready and looking forward to showing off some of our work to P7s later this week! 😊

#history #vikings #medieval

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Congratulations to all of our History seniors who have now completed their assessments! 🎉

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Well done to all our National 5s, who have now completed the first of their assessments, and half of our Highers 🙌

YOU’VE GOT THIS 👍

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Higher History ⬇️ Migration and Empire revision 👀

[St Ambrose History and Classics @StAmbHistory]

“The Irish menace in Scotland.” A Scottish front page from 1929 highlighting the prejudice against Irish immigrants.

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Thank you to some of our N5, Higher and Advanced Higher students for helping Ms T with this piece.

Holyrood elections are this Thursday - don’t forget to use your vote! 🗳

@BanchoryMods @BanchoryAcademy

[Henry Hepburn @Henry_Hepburn]

'How do you teach politics and modern studies when your pupils are voters?' https://t.co/4PxAkiojAS @TesScotland @tes #modernstudies #Election2021

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

An historic day - something for our young people to reflect upon.

[Guardian US @GuardianUS]

Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd’s murder https://t.co/yd3k7XeBIJ

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

A little bit of History right on our doorstep 👑

https://t.co/eMFG7vW8AR

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Always interesting to discover how powerful hindsight is!

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Something for our N5 historians...

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

My father’s final speech, given the evening before he was assassinated, 53 years ago today.

“I may not get there with you.”

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Mr D and Ms T challenged National 5 students to make the most creative notes on Scotland’s industries and economy in today’s lessons. Here are some of the winners - well done! 🏆

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

🚨 Higher History - give this episode a listen; really helpful for our British topic! 🚨

[Reasons Revisited @CheerfulPodcast]

600,000 copies of the Beveridge report were sold when it was published in 1942.

This week we're asking what lessons it offers for today.

Listen now 👇
https://t.co/BrVgmsAbmJ

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Great opportunity for our S3s and S4s 😊

[Gordon Highlanders @ghmuseum]

Ever wanted to know more about some of the men who formed the ranks of the Gordons? Back by popular demand is the GHM #ArchiveAZ- the sequel: and this time its 'personnel'!! 🤣🤣
From today and each #MuseumMonday we will be sharing stories some Gordon Highlanders from A onwards!

[Banchory History @BanchoryHistory]

Delighted to have some of our senior classes back in school this morning! 😊

[MearnsHistory @HistoryMearns]

Women in HERstory! 💪
If you are watching a movie tonight why not celebrate #InternationalWomensDay by picking one of these! Each one celebrates and tell the stories of incredible and often forgotten women in history. @MearnsAcademy @SATHinfo