Stretford High School

The Humanities department aims are:

• All students should have the opportunity to benefit from modern resources and varied teaching strategies to meet a variety of needs and abilities.

• All students should be given the opportunity to learn and achieve – no child left behind.

• Independent learning and initiative should be actively encouraged in promoting high standards.

• Students’ efforts should be rewarded and their interests encouraged.

• Those who teach/assist within the Department should set high expectations of student behaviour and standard of work.

• Wherever possible, teachers will encourage spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, through the Humanities curriculum or by other means.

• Wherever possible, teachers will encourage an understanding of Internationalism in the context of local, national and international themes, through the Humanities curriculum or by other means.

• All students will develop critical life skills to prepare for further academic study and/or employment.

At Stretford High, Humanities teachers ensure that students develop a range of transferable skills to help them become lifelong learners. These skills are developed through a broad programme of study, linking and integrating knowledge, understanding and evaluation across the curriculum areas of History, Religious Education, Geography and Citizenship.