Politics Department, Ampleforth College

Tweets from the Politics Department at Ampleforth College.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

How we teach Politics @AmpleforthColl helps on #WorldMentalHealthDay2022 - giving students the space to love their learning, share and debate ideas, and to understand that criticism of an idea is not criticism of them.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

It is the last day of term, and we are having a revision power session with 13D. Working in pairs to brainstorm case studies across the UK and USA papers - 10 mins of discussion, then feeding back on the links to different topics. Training to think on their feet in exams.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Tonight was the final Model United Nations session with the current Year 13.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

12A have started revising. Their Year 12 end of year exam is really the first action of their Year 13 preparation. Each person has a topic from the UK paper to brainstorm in 45 mins ready to feedback to their partner. Then the whole lot will be scanned and sent to the set.

[UCL Constitution Unit @ConUnit_UCL]

The latest edition of our regular constitutional review is now available!

Monitor 86 includes: Lindsay Hoyle in hot water, Lord Cameron's ennoblement, more recall petitions, the King's cancer diagnosis, devolution across the UK and more!

Catch up 👉 https://t.co/gGN3sGDKJ4.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Grateful to Sir Julian Brazier for speaking to us last night on Catholicism and Conservatism- helpful for stimulating thought, and for revision.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Lots of debate on here about Liz Truss’ honours list. Good example for those essays on the ‘democratic deficit’.

[Sarra Jenkins @LGS_Politics]

Y13 - we just studied the legislative process (and indeed you wrote an essay on whether it was Congress' biggest flaw), so it's a great example that Congress only passed 27 laws this year, the lowest in decades.
https://t.co/JMetBqb14c

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

So: eyes on SCOTUS. Conveniently, the next topic we will study, Year 13.

If they agree with Colorado Supreme Court, the ruling would apply across the USA.

The big winners are the examiners when they hear about this in your essays.

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot in a stunning decision. The ruling will be placed on hold pending appeal until January 4.
https://t.co/6UEgoEo6HX

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

It may be nearly Christmas, but 13A are learning about the federal bureaucracy and briefing each other on their findings. Great to team teach with Mr Strange this morning. #benedictinescholarship

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

We have been studying elections, Year 12. Check out these interesting findings from @JLPartnersPolls

[James Johnson @jamesjohnson252]

NEW: the Conservatives are now doing worse with 2019 Conservative voters under Rishi Sunak than they were with Liz Truss

💥 Findings from new @jlpartnerspolls mega-report with Bloomberg
💥 Just 59% of 2019 Tories voting Conservative, compared to 63% under Truss and 74% last summer
💥 Conservatives have lost 500,000 votes since Conference
💥 Main factor is Reform, taking 3x as many votes from Tories than Lib Dems are

Read the full report, 'Implosion in Blue', by @callum_l_hunter: https://t.co/wvbhhAAkdC
Bloomberg piece by @alexwickham 👇 https://t.co/B6idjgABpm

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Great to speak to different year groups about these important events

[Ampleforth College @AmpleforthColl]

Years 10, 12, and 13 have been thinking about the Middle East crisis in their Christian Living lectures, hearing from Mr Connor, Dr Dunn, and Mr Starkey this week. We concluded with prayers for peace led by Mr Sinclair #compassforlife

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Just catching-up on this excellent series- essential watching for students of UK Politics

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

Don’t miss out 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿Delighted that State of Chaos’ ep 1, has been the most popular documentary on ⁦@BBCiPlayer⁩ since its release ! Watch it and episode 2 here - final jawdropper coming on Monday - thanks for your amazing response https://t.co/LjJvwcYMC0

[Ampleforth College @AmpleforthColl]

Join us on Sat 11 Nov to learn more about Sixth Form life. Our Sixth Form Information Morning provides the chance to speak to staff, learn about our A level & BTEC courses & meet our students to hear first-hand about Sixth Form life. Learn more here: https://t.co/gpDhKy5cLZ

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Crikey- we are about to start the Congress topic, Year 13. Big news to kick us off.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

NEW: Speaker Kevin McCarthy removed by the Republican Party in the US House of Representatives.

YEA: 216
NAY: 210

First time in history that a Speaker has been removed by his own party.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

And…they’re off! 🗒️✏️✅

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

It is timed essay day for Year 12 - a weekly occurrence in the Politics Department- and chance to show off evaluative skills that we have been working on.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Year 12 - we were looking at an e-petition about this a few days ago. Now, the PM is taking action under the Dangerous Dogs Act. A good example here of how direct democracy can influence government.

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

It’s clear the American XL Bully dog is a danger to our communities.

I’ve ordered urgent work to define and ban this breed so we can end these violent attacks and keep people safe.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Year 13 were reading for prep last night. We use reading record sheets in the Politics Department to enable students to comprehend and recall what they have read.

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Benedictine scholarship is about community in the classroom. Here is some collaborative work in Mr Strange’s Year 13 lesson- a recap task “taught” by Crispin to his peers!

[Politics Department, Ampleforth College @AmpColl_GovPol]

Interesting article by @Keir_Starmer in which he takes on the mantle of pragmatism and attempts to move into the centre ground. Could see something like this cropping-up in a future exam extract question!

[Michael Jacobs @michaelujacobs]

Last week I had a letter in the @FT arguing that Keir Starmer should respond to Rishi Sunak’s new anti-climate stance by all-out championing of net zero and Labour’s green policies. Most people thought he wouldn’t. But look at this by @Keir_Starmer today @thetimes. /1