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13/02/25

Today our girls were celebrating ! Appreciating each other and recognising the power of female friendship 💕 pic.twitter.com/zE5mAziGOl

13/02/25

Our fabulous governor, Richard Hughes, led his third week of filmmaking workshops with Harris Sixth Formers from Orpington and Bromley. The students handled a professional film camera and learnt scripting & narrative techniques used in documentary filmmaking pic.twitter.com/rgdS0IVLke

13/02/25

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11/02/25

Great to see so many year 11s in our first Sixth Form Seminar with our wonderful Head Girl team this morning. We can't wait for the second one tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/fTjKTI9NaH

11/02/25

SPACE. The Final Frontier: HGABR students will be meeting Helen Sharman, Britain’s first astronaut, in a live online Q&A session this March. Part of a series of workshops on the British Space Industry run by Imperial University. pic.twitter.com/gaBehKyw3v

11/02/25

A collaboration between BYMT and Harris Federation, saw eight of our talented musicians selected to play in a super orchestra made up of different Harris schools. It was amazing to see – even better to listen to! pic.twitter.com/QHrlG8G7Og

11/02/25

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07/02/25

The HGABr Year 7s played this evening and drew 3-3! They were very happy with their draw and especially the kind gift of a cookie and juice from Bromley High after! pic.twitter.com/BLaIyN5rpR

31/01/25

This week our students were lucky enough to work with award winning producer and director depicting life in our wonderful sixth form. pic.twitter.com/lzpLa1utze

30/01/25

So proud of our superstar Year 8 netballers winning 13-1 this evening against pic.twitter.com/lEUMXULULE

23/01/25

Another award-winning term for the HGABR Future Linguists! Nicole and Lily both finished in the Top 3 of the Winter Duolingo pic.twitter.com/uHA2pXUjke

17/01/25

Our truly AWESOME netball teams are on a winning streak at the moment! Teams in 7, 8 and 9 all winning against local teams since the year began! We could not be prouder of our girls pic.twitter.com/lSx43zfIly

17/01/25

🇨🇳✨ Some of our Year 5 & 6 students had an amazing time at the Chinese Culture Showcase this afternoon! They were treated to a spectacular display of Chinese arts and Mandarin, enriching their cultural understanding. 🎭🈺 pic.twitter.com/5GUF89fjBq

20/12/24

Culture Catwalk! 🇦🇪🇲🇲🇨🇮🇺🇦🇳🇬🇲🇦🇻🇪🇵🇰🇪🇸🇸🇩🇯🇲#allcanwewill pic.twitter.com/4xmXbuCf4w

20/12/24

HGABR Culture Day 2024, what a way to finish a phenomenal term, celebrating each other and what we all bring to our special community pic.twitter.com/kDwPnmfPon

20/12/24

Culture Day candy for staff and students pic.twitter.com/szkerm2x3q

20/12/24

HGABR Culture Day 2024 is in full swing! It’s a beautiful celebration of our rich culture and heritage, and a masterclass in sisterhood- our girls cheering each other on and celebrating diversity pic.twitter.com/g1pvrojy9v

20/12/24

Yesterday at lunch our wonderful and talented Director of Maths, Mrs McMillan surprised the girls at lunchtime with a Christmas singalong! pic.twitter.com/4F7s9GXb1t

20/12/24

CORE day is about taking our CORE values of commitment, optimism, resilience and empathy on the road and to experience new opportunities and making new memories pic.twitter.com/fEoyPVlVEa

20/12/24

We’re having the best time at HGABR this week! CORE day on Wednesday meant our whole academy enjoying exciting trips and activities; Tower of London, Bank of England, London Dungeon, RAD dance workshops, Science Musuem, Cutti Sark the list goes on! pic.twitter.com/loiXuDo7mL

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Politics

Students will develop a deeper knowledge of democracy, government and law.  Currently this subject is only taught at Year 12.

The intention of the course is:

  • to help develop an informed understanding of contemporary political structures within the United Kingdom (UK) and the USA
  • develop a critical awareness of the changing nature of politics and the relationships between political ideas, institutions and processes
  • develop knowledge and an informed understanding of the influences and interests which have an impact on decisions in government and politics
  • develop knowledge and an informed understanding of the rights and responsibilities of individuals and groups
  • develop the ability to critically analyse, interpret and evaluate political information to form arguments and make judgements
  • develop an interest in, and engagement with, contemporary politics.

Based on the principles listed above, we have developed an assessment plan that can help students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding (AO1 skills), depth perception and comparative analysis (AO2 skills) and evaluation (AO3 skills).

DOCUMENTS

Politics Curriculum Plan

Textbooks and useful resources

Websites

Journal

  • Politics Review - available in the LRC

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