St Chad's History

History Department/Club at St Chad's High School

[Blessed Carlo Acutis DofE @BlessedcaDofE]

30 Year 9 Bronze participants have been out this weekend on a practice walk finishing in Delamere Forest! Well done to them and the St. Chad’s staff who volunteered their time on Mothers Day! 👍🏻 👏🏻

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This week we have been so impressed with the year 11's timelines on Mary Queen of Scot's life. This student has even linked her timeline to Catholic Plots against Elizabeth I's life.

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Today, 8b1 were learning about the consequences of the Great Fire of London and Christopher Wren's subsequent achievements. They produced their own detailed plans on how they would rebuild London and how they would commemorate the Great Fire too. There were some fantastic ideas!

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

7 Dec 1669: Christopher Wren #architect of St Paul's London & 'rebuilder' of #London marries Faith Coghill #otd (NPG/BM)

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We are so impressed by the standard of revision produced by the year 11s in preparation for their mock exams. Well done year 11!

[Blessed Carlo Acutis Academy @BlessedCarloA]

chadscareers: Mental health 🧠is as important as physical health 💪. There are lots of #Wellbeing resources on the Careers Google classrooms to support our pupils on #WorldMentalHealthDay and every other day of the year 💚

[Blessed Carlo Acutis DofE @BlessedcaDofE]

Miss.Forshaw & Mr. Duckers have been completing day one of their Lowland Leader training at Rivington near Bolton. Great day of navigation skills and chat with other D of E leaders. Looking forward to tomorrow. 🚶‍♀️ ☀️

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9b3 had a fantastic lesson today learning about 'Life in the Trenches'.

So many positive postcards sent home! Well done 9b3!

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On this day in 1066, William of Normandy landed in Pevensey,England. This invasion led to the Norman Conquest.

The year 7s will be studying this exciting topic next half term. @stchadsschool

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This week burial services resumed for fallen soldiers of the First World War. The graves of these fallen soldiers will be cared for by CWGC.

Find out more below.

[Commonwealth War Graves @CWGC]

This week burial services were held for 13 unknown brave soldiers killed during the Great War. The services took place in the Somme & Pas de Calais regions. Read it here: https://t.co/rJnexD6kmT

#WeAreCWGC #OurWorkContinues

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Such a fantastic Open Evening at @stchadsschool tonight. It was so lovely to show off our department and welcome so many amazing students to our school.

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A fantastic contemporary cartoon. Our GCSE Historians can thoroughly analyse the content and the context of this source.

[War Heritage Institute @WarHeritage]

#Onthisday in 1914 the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium.

This cartoon was published in the British magazine ‘Punch’ on the 14th of August of 1914 and praises the Belgian resistance against the German invaders.

[St Chad's History @StChadsHistory]

Here we have the Battle of the Somme, a Plague Doctor and the contenders to the throne (William the Conqueror, Harold Godwinson and Harald Hardrada) battling to be King of England in 1066!

All topics we teach here at @stchadsschool

Well done years 5 and 6 👏

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We are so impressed by the historical scenes produced at Summer School this week.

Here we have COVID, a volcano and a Viking Helmet.

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Here we have the Pyramids, a Viking Longboat, the Titanic and a World War One Trench.

A superb effort from Years 5 and 6!

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In today's Summer School history session the students recreated historical events.

Here we have dinosaurs, the impact of COVID 19, and the sinking of the Titanic.

Well done!

[Commonwealth War Graves @CWGC]

At 7.30am on 1 July 1916 the Battle of the Somme began. Over 150,000 Commonwealth servicemen lie buried in 250 military and 150 civilian cemeteries on the Somme. Six memorials to the missing commemorate by name over 100,000 whose graves are not known. #Somme105 #WeAreCWGC #WW1

[St Chad's History @StChadsHistory]

On this day, 105 years ago, the Battle of the Somme was launched. Following a week long bombardment, 100,000 men climbed over the top to attack the German trenches. By the end of the first day, the British had suffered 57,470 casualties with 19,240 men killed. #Somme105

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A significant date in European history. On this day in 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated sparking World War One.

On this day in 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War One.

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This is just some of the excellent work produced by 7a2 this week. This is an analysis of the power struggle between the House of York and the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses. @stchadsschool