Durrington Newsletter 21 March 2025
Updates from the House Teams
Year 7 Year 7 has had a fantastic first half of the academic year, with plenty of achievements to celebrate! Our Year 7 Girls’ team claimed victory in their football league, finishing with an impressive 5-1 win in the final, while the Year 7 Boys’ Rugby team secured their first win of the season. Engagement […]
History Enrichment at Durrington High School
Imperial War Museum trip Human thought, emotion, and behaviour is critical to war. Our year 9s had the opportunity to visit the ‘War and Mind’ exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London which explores the wars of many psychological dimensions, from the First World War to the present day. The students learnt about what […]
Year 10 History – Spring Term 2025
Year 10 GCSE depth study – Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39 As part of our GCSE course, students are expected to undertake a modern depth study. Our choices centre around the development of fascism in Germany. The course begins with a look into the turmoil surrounding Germany post World War One and the threats that […]
Year 9 History – Spring Term 2025
This term our year 9s are studying global conflict with a focus on WWII and its impact on Britain. It was under the shroud of WWII that Hitler was able put in place the systematic destruction of Jews and this unit of study investigates the steps to war, and the events that took place leading […]
Year 8 History – Spring Term 2025
During the Spring term our year 8s have been learning about the changes in Britain during the Industrial revolution. As Britain’s imperial strength grew so did the wealth of the country, this led to new opportunities for people at home in the UK. Students will explore in detail the new inventions and manufacturing techniques that […]
Year 7 History – Spring Term 2025
This term our year 7s are studying monarchs, religion and the later medieval period. The students will explore the nature of kingship in the medieval period following the Norman Conquest, comparing the expectations of medieval kings with the realities of what they did. Year 7s will learn how expectations for medieval queens differed from that […]
Durrington Newsletter 7 March 2025
Meet our Student Librarians
This month we welcomed six new student librarians to the team. George, Jadyn, Poppy, Hollie, Xuana and Ashton were interviewed for the position and were successfully chosen from a group of fifty students who applied. The student librarians are the heart and soul of the library and we would not be able to run successfully […]
The Durrington Journey with Year 7
Our fabulous year 7s are now half way through their first year at DHS and have been chatting about some of their favourite subjects. Art Willow is a keen artist and really enjoys how creative the subject is, she says it doesn’t matter if you get something wrong as the teachers are so supportive and […]
