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      Welcome to our school website. As you look through it I hope you will get a flavour of how ambitious we are at Ellesmere Port Catholic High School. We are focusing all our efforts and talents on what we have a burning desire to achieve: to become an outstanding school.
      
      Our June 2015 Section 5 Ofsted inspection rated the school GOOD in all areas and stated: ‘Outstanding leadership has been the catalyst to substantial and rapid improvement. This is now a school to which staff and students are proud to belong and where students’ achievement is improving apace.’ The report also highlighted that ‘The school provides a broad range of both academic and vocational subjects and higher ability students make good progress’.
      
      Our October 2015 the Ofsted inspection of the Religious Life of the school rated us GOOD saying ‘The sense of aspiration seems to permeate throughout all areas of school life …. There is a culture which encourages everyone to do their best’ and that ‘There is a strong and effective pastoral support system in place to support students with different needs’.
      
      Our mission statement is:
      
      “I have come that they may have life and live it to the full” John 10:10
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      Capenhurst Lane,
      Whitby,
      Ellesmere Port,
      Cheshire,
      CH65 7AQ
      0151 355 2373
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Curriculum Outline

Year 7
Autumn Half Term 1	Autumn Half Term 2
Invaders and Settlers: How has British identity changed and developed from the Stone Age to the Modern Day? Including: Stone Age, Bronze Age, Celts	Invaders and Settlers: How has British identity changed and developed from the Stone Age to the Modern Day? Local Romans study, The Vikings, The Normans
Spring Half Term 1	Spring Half Term 2
The Middle Ages: Who holds the power: The Church or the King? Including: Power of the Church Medieval Society, Black Death, Life for Medieval Monarchs	The Middle Ages: Who holds the power: The Church or the King? Including: Power of the Church Medieval Society, Black Death, Life for Medieval Monarchs
Summer Half Term 1	Summer Half Term 2
Tudors: Religious Change How did the Church change during the Tudor period and how did this allow Tudors to keep control? Including: Religious change under: Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I	English Civil War Why did England go to war with herself? Including: James I and/or Charles I Key Battle(s), Weaponry, Women in the Civil War Chat Shows – drama, Life under Cromwell, Stuart Theme Park

Year 8
Autumn Half Term 1	Autumn Half Term 2
Transatlantic Slave Trade (Legacy of the Slave Trade: Civil Rights in 20^th Century) What was the impact of the Slave Trade? Slave Trade Triangle, Middle passage? Slave Trade – impact on Britain, Abolitionists, links between slavery and conditions in industrial mills? Does slavery still exist today?	World War I: Causes, events and society in Britain Why was the early 20^th century a time of great change? Long/short term causes, key battles, trench conditions, shell shock, Britain at home: changing role of women & men, Haig – Lions led by Donkeys
Spring Half Term 1	Spring Half Term 2
End of WWI & Rise of Hitler Weimar Germany, The Treaty of Versailles, Hitler’s early life and rise of Hitler	World War II: Causes of WWII & Total War What was life like in Britain/Germany during this Total War? Evacuation, Rationing, Dresden Bombing, The Blitz, Anderson Shelters, Involvement of other countries, i.e., Hiroshima, End of the war – atomic bomb
Summer Half Term 1	Summer Half Term 2
The Holocaust: A depth study Is Shoah or Holocaust a more accurate description of what happened to the Jews? Jews in Europe over time, Auschwitz: A Case Study, The Final Solution	Terrorism: A 20^th Century Phenomenon? Is one man’s terrorist another man’s freedom fighter? The Gunpowder Plot, The Suffragettes, The French Resistance, The Irish Question, Al Qaeda, 9/11, Moscow Theatre Siege Anders Brevik, 7/7, Paris attacks 2015