Westhill Humanities

Representing the History, Modern Studies, Geography and RMPS departments of Westhill Academy.

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For #HMD2026 we randomly assigned all S1-3 register classes a person from the Holocaust. This short clip explains what happened to them. https://t.co/PC06l8Olae
The Nazis tried to erase these people from existence. Telling their stories defeats that goal. @HMD_UK @VisionSchools

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Mr Robertson gives an interview to the For You the War is Over podcast about a Scottish Spitfire pilot who survived the Great Escape. https://t.co/PJZmrSJysI

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A selection of the very creative Viking board games produced by 1A this week.

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Today we said goodbye to our S6. We celebrated with their families at our Record of Achievement ceremony then sent them off for an afternoon of fun at Lochter🎉 Our website will be updated tomorrow with more videos and photos of our celebrations.

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Some fantastic “Victorian Mysteries” posters from 2A1 - all more than worthy of a praise slip!

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2B’s Oreo Tectonic Plates 🌋🍪

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Great day on Monday at the inaugural North East Scotland Regional Forum debating competition of the European Youth Parliament UK. Four of our senior pupils, accompanied by Dr Lechthaler, spoke with confidence and represented the school brilliantly.

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Congratulations to Aisha and Cerys! They went to Inverness with Dr Lechthaler today to represent @WAberdeenshire at a Debating Competition. Huge well done for winning and for bringing home the Lochbroom Shield. A fantastic way to continue their winning streak from last year!

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Excellent performance by Aisha and Cerys at the Inverness Junior Debating Competition! All debaters were great, but a fantastic job by the representatives of Westhill Academy Debate Club allows us to win a competition for three years in a row!

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Dr Lechthaler and Mr Scott took some of our S4 #RMPS pupils on a litter pick as part of their #ValuesInAction unit for the Religion, Belief and Values Award.

A great afternoon giving back to the local community, working together and having fun. Well done to everyone involved!

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Some North Korean style propaganda posters drawn by 1A.

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Last month, Dr Lechthaler took our National 5 and Higher RMPS pupils to Peterhead Prison Museum to learn more about responses to crime and the purposes of punishment.

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Delighted to see this brave woman being honoured in this way. May her memory be a blessing.

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Scotland has installed its first Stolperstein, honouring Jane Haining, a Scottish woman who chose to stay in Budapest during the war to protect Jewish children and was murdered in Auschwitz for it.

Haining left Edinburgh in 1932 to care for girls at a school run by the Scottish Mission to the Jews. Even after being urged to return home, she refused, insisting she “must stay with the girls.” After the Nazi invasion of Hungary, she was arrested for working with Jewish people and even for crying as she helped the children sew yellow stars onto their clothes. She was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 and died there at 47.

The new Stolperstein was laid outside St Stephen’s Church in Edinburgh, where she had been blessed before leaving for Budapest. A small brass stone that invites passers-by to pause, remember, and reflect on a life of extraordinary courage.

Stolpersteine — “stumbling stones” — are now the world’s largest decentralised memorial to victims of Nazism, placed so that we literally encounter their stories under our feet.

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Two more examples.

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Some great work from Mr Wilson’s National 5 History class showing the changing attitudes towards immigration in America in the 1920’s as part of our Free at Last topic.

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S1 pupils showing their key vocabulary from their trench conditions lesson.

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Last week we announced our first batch of Humanities Heroes - each month the Humanities staff choose pupils in BGE and Senior Phase who go the extra mile and exemplify our shared school values.

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Some photos of resources and pupil work from our BGE open evening last week. Humanities staff all just out of shot. 😁 Looking forward to meeting more parents soon.

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Interested in a career in Urban planning? Head to a free career day at the Scottish Govt in Edinburgh on Thursday 23 October 2025 (Oct Hol) Attendance is open 16+. Emailing [email protected] stating your name, current role and age to register. Closing date is 10 October