A Year 13 history student is celebrating after winning the Charles de Lisle Prize from Oxford University. Atheel worked on her essay having attended the UNIQ summer school at the university. The prize-winning essay is titled: ‘Why did some women become militant in their demands for the vote after 1905?’ The Charles de Lisle Essay Prize, […]
Congratulations to Connor , Edwin , Millie , Ellie, Cody and Megan for their participation in the Never Such Innocence international poetry competition. This year’s theme was, ‘What Does War Mean to You?’ and all of the students wrote highly moving pieces of work and received Certificates of Commendation. This is a fantastic achievement as […]
The History Department ran a Remembrance Day poster House competition. Here are a few of the moving entries submitted by the students.
Our History students have been looking back over the past 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign to find her a suitable tribute. As part of the History Association’s activities commemorating Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the students were asked to submit their ideas to the ’70 Things for 70 Years’ project. This project aims to […]
Are you interested in history beyond the classroom? Would you like to explore different topics? Then History Answers could be the website for you! With topics covering ancient civilisations, inventions and industry, people and politics, wars and royalty, there’s something for everyone, Presented in a clear and simple way, History Answers is a great […]
Talented writer Abby Cladingboel (y11) has entered her poignant story about ‘the lucky ones’ returning from war in the BBC Young Writers competition. Winners won’t be announced until September, but she’s already a winner in our eyes with this thoughtful and moving story. History teacher Jordanna Riches describes Abby as: “A brilliant student – I […]
The History Department would like to encourage all students to join in with the Premier League Academies in commemorating VJ Day by making and sending paper cranes to Big Ideas, where they will be assembled into a wreath for the Children’s Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park. The wreath will be sent […]
Stanley Tucci known for his acting performances in Hunger Games has narrated two programmes for BBC Sounds covering topics relating to American history. tells the story of Kathleen Cleaver, a leading light in the short-lived but highly influential Black Panther Party which was founded in Oakland, California. tells the story of Hattie McDaniel, the first […]
On 22 January, and just a few days before 27 January, which is Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK, the History Department and Year 9 students welcomed back John Fieldsend, a Holocaust survivor and one of the Kindertransport children, to the Bicester School to hear his testimony. This year’s visit was all the more poignant […]
Once again the History Department and History students have participated in the Royal British Legion’s campaign to remember the fallen of the First World War, and have planted a poppy at the Menin Gate, close to the Flanders fields in Ypres, Belgium. The Bicester School poppy will be planted alongside thousands of others in the 2019 […]
