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KS3 History (Years 7-9)
The Year 7s enjoyed another eventful year investigating
early civilizations such as the Roman Empire and analyzing
the origins of empire and society. This was followed by an
analysis of Medieval England, where students looked at
the origins of government and the rule of England under
William the Conqueror. The year ended with a study of
contrasts - The Crusades and Imperial China in the Middle
Ages period.
IGCSE History
Well done to last year’s cohort of Year
11s, who achieved outstanding results in
their IGCSEs in the summer of 2016.
Over 90% of students attained grades A-C
whilst nearly 60% attained grades A-A*.
Congratulations! Year 10 has worked
extremely hard studying the causes and
unfolding of World War I as well as Nazi
Germany. Year 11 have examined the
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development of the Cold War and 20
The Year 8s enjoyed a whirlwind study of the Making of Century China and are in the midst of
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the Modern World with an in-depth analysis of the 15-19 preparing for their IGCSE exams in June.
centuries period in Europe. This study began with the origins
of the Renaissance and was followed by an examination IB History
by how major powers Portugal, Spain, France, Holland Congratulations to our former Year 13
and Britain developed their respective empires through students, who attained excellent results in
colonization in the Seaborne Empires. In the final module, their examinations in 2016. Over 90% of
students analysed the ‘Age of Revolution’ in France, Britain the received level 4 and above whilst over
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and USA and how ideas of the Enlightenment in the 17 and 60% of the group attained at least a level 6.
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18 centuries gave rise to Western style constitution in this
period. Congratulations on our current Year 13s
who have successfully completed their IAs
Finally in Year 9, students mainly investigated war, conflict and EEs and are studying very hard for
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and the nature of colonialism in the 20 century. In Module 1, their IB examinations in May. The KCCIS
students studied the origins of World War 1 using Problem- History department wishes them the very
Based Learning (PBL) to simulate the political situation best of luck!
in 1914 as one of the six major powers at the time. The
Holocaust was analysed next, whereby students looked at Well done to our current Year 12s for
how propaganda and domestic policy gave rise to one of the successfully transitioning from IGCSE to
biggest genocides in human history. This was followed by the IB History this year. This year, the year
colonialism unit where students examined the various effects 12s have investigated Authoritarian States
of foreign colonialism on Hong Kong and different parts of led by Stalin, Hitler and Mao as well as the
Southeast Asia and determine whether these effects still exist Causes and Effects of Wars.
today.
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