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SandbachHistory
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One stop exam & revision shop! A Level History: GCSE History: @Y9Y10Y11SandSch @Sandbach6thForm
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Happy 345th birthday to Sandbach School! We are all excited for Commemoration Day. The History dept are looking forward to sharing our school's history with our Y7s today. #utseverisseges #tradition #proud
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She did it!!!! Looking very impressive crossing the line in 5:36:55. Very well done Miss Stevenson - we are all really proud! @SandbachSchool
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A fantastic and once in a life time experience for our boys, meeting 94 year old D-Day Veteran Eddie. He told us his story about landing on Omaha beach in the very spot we visited yesterday. A humbling and moving experience for the boys and staff #stev #achievementweek
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Harry, Carter, Josh, Adam and Mani, Oscar, Ethan and Jamie laying wreaths at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate - they did a fantastic job representing all students at Sandbach School #achievementweek #kane @Year7SandbachSc
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@sandbachhistory
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Great turnout at the Sandbach protest march. Headboy (& Hist & Pol student!) Will gave an inspiring speech! #fairerfunding @SandbachSchool
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8B had an absolutely fantastic lesson today exploring the history of the slave trade on Bunce Island using the challenging text of @DavidOlusoga 's 'Black and British' book. This led to a quality discussion. @Year7SandbachSc
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The Battlefields trip is under way! First pit stop done...where Matt bought a cuddly snake(!) At least it's stopped the Y8 singing 🙉 Now to convince Alfie we are not going to the London M&M shop 🙄 Enjoying the air conditioned coach. #Battlefields2022
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We visited Deville Wood to find James's relative, Guardsman William Harvey. James is the first member of his family to visit this grave. #battlefields22
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James was able to find the memorial for his relative, Private H Swinnerton, commemorated on the Menin Gate. #battlefields22
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We have arrived in Normandy! Now a short coach journey to the hotel for an early night ready for a fun packed day tomorrow #achievementweek #stev
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And we are off! ✈️ #sandbachberlin
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Y11...Y13...what can we say? We miss you already! Good luck. Stay in touch. We are always at the end of an email if you fancy some historical banter! Look after yourselves and stay safe. @Year11Sandbach1 @Sandbach6thForm
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Our lads were asked to stand in a prominent place for the Menin Gate ceremony - behind the buglers. The boys behaved excellently and were very respectful. #battlefields22
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We have made it, by the skin of our teeth, onto the ferry to France after 4 hours queuing! The boys are excited to be off the coach and somewhere new to buy food! #Battlefields22
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Dan, Oscar and Aaron represented the school in the Menin Gate ceremony. They did an outstanding job, placing a remembrance wreath for the Sandbachians who died in the world wars. #battlefields22
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First stop for team Berlin is the Reichstag! #sandbachberlin
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Good luck to Miss Stevenson running the London Marathon today! @SandbachSchool
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We are proud of our Saxon heritage! #sandbach #localhistory
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English Heritage
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Close up. 📷 Elaborately detailed, these are among the finest surviving Anglo-Saxon high crosses. 📍Sandbach Crosses, Cheshire
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Berlin flight delayed but still in high spirits! #sandbachberlin
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Coming up to two hours in the customs queue at Dover port with very little movement. The lads are coping well! Y10 mostly have flags. Y8 are mostly playing tunes and eating sweets. Looking forward to the ferry and some time off the coach. #Battlefields22
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All aboard in Portsmouth! #achievementweek #McG #Stev
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Josh is the first person in his family to see the memorial to his relative, Private Charles Bailey, on the Menin Gate. #Battlefields22
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And then to the Thieval Memorial to the Missing. Special moment when Ethan Pender found his Great Grandad’s name on the memorial - first member of his family to see this #achievementweek #kane @Year7SandbachSc
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The #Battlefields22 group at the Menin Gate
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Team Berlin are dinner ready! 🇩🇪 #sandbachberlin
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A little incentive to revise going in to the xmas 'holiday' for yr11.Retweet&be entered in a prize draw 2go4free. http://t.co/V0O5aZkXJy
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A fantastic turnout in Sandbach for Remembrance Day. Attended by various bands, CCF, scouting groups, local dignitaries and the people of Sandbach to show their respects. #LestWeForget #armistice100
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We are proud of all our exam students who have been receiving results over the past week & today. We know how hard you worked & how tough it has been. Looking forward to hearing all about the next stages of your lives soon! @Year11Sandbach1 @Sandbach6thForm
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How lovely for Oliver to see the memorial to his relative, Able Seaman William Thomas Newton, who died in action October 1917 #battlefields22
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Brandenburg gate 🇩🇪 #sandbachberlin @SandbachSchool
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Some bleary eyes from the Y8s (& therefore the staff!!) for the 7am breakfast call this morning. We are all pleased to see a rain shower this morning in the hope for a cooler day as we head into France to explore the Somme. #battlefields22
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What a coup! The group got in to watch a procedural session of the full Supreme Court. #DC2024
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The Battlefields trip has arrived in France! The sun is shining and we are enjoying the sights of Calais as we set off to drive to Belgium for the evening. #battlefields22
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Great turn out for the Y11 Crime and Punishment revision session today. Two days to go...keep up the hard work boys! (After the football, of course!) @Yr11SandbachSch
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Landed in Washington DC and just heading to hotel. Pleasant flight, weather great and all excited to finally to be here! ⁦ @SandbachSchool
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Thank you to Obrian from 9D for creating this amazing piece of art for the History Department @SandbachSchool @Year9SandbachSc
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Freddie, Ethan, James and Jamie demonstrate the evolution of the gas mask. #battlefields22
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Hill 62, Sanctuary Wood #battlefields22
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The #Battlefields22 group at the Passendaele Museum
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Congratulations to Will & Andrew - invited for interviews at Oxford University for History & Politics. @SandbachSchool
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History & Politics trip to Washington DC is off on the first leg - about to fly to Heathrow for connection to the USA. All still awake! #DC2024
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Sandbach boys created a guard of honour for the memorial wreath at the Thiepval Memorial which Alfie respectfully carried accompanied by bagpipe player from the Somme Pipers. #battlefields22
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Another fascinating morning looking at Yorkshire Trench, Passchendale Museum and Langemark @SandbachSchool
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Exploring the trenches and tunnels at Hill 62, Sanctuary Wood museum. Some of the most genuine WW1 trenches you will find. So many questions about the front line and trench warfare from our lads 👍 #Battlefields22
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@sandbachhistory
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The History Department are proud to share their @PTIEducation Subject Leadership Mark award. We absolutely love our subject and sharing it with our students in different and interesting ways, both in and around the curriculum, challenging our students to engage with the past.
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Great start to Parliament trip - Just watched the Speaker’s Procession and look who Jake just bumped into.... @SandbachSchool
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Year 9 navigating German public transport! Up early ready for our walking tour of Berlin #sandbachberlin
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All ready to go out to the Merville Battery and Pegasus Bridge @Year7SandbachSc #achievementweek #McG
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To all our students....
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Mrs Hall's Y9 History classes have been brilliant this week - both those learning from home and those learning in the classroom. Lots of praise & respect to the lads who are working hard, co-operating and truly buying into their learning in challenging times. @Y9Y10Y11SandSch
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Night time walk to see the political sights. #DC2024
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Checkpoint Charlie 🇩🇪 The best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. #sandbachberlin
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Y12 historians have produced visual essays. The larger the shape, the more significant the reason. Here they are assessing the causes of the English Civil War. Great work from Iestyn, Will and Eloise! @Sandbach6thForm
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A fast flight to Heathrow! #DC2024
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Y11 historians! We know you'd been waiting a long time to find out about the History of Germany and we only managed to get to 1933. Want to know more? A good starting point is the Rise of Evil film: Pt 1: Pt 2: @Year11Sandbach1
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Dinner in Ypres before heading off for the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate #achievementweek #kane @Year7SandbachSc
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Enjoying watching the teachers taking one for the team and getting soaked for charity! In aid of CICRA. @Year7SandbachSc
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Well done to our Y11 historians who have completed their last History paper today. We are proud of your efforts. Enjoy your summer when the last few exams are done! Hope to welcome lots of you back next year for A-level! @Yr11SandbachSch
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What an excellent experience the students have had in Washington - and so many memories for us all! Thanks to Mr McG for all his hard work organising the trip. Have a good half term all, hope you avoid the jet lag! #DC2024
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Year 9 boys all fed and tucked up in bed ready for an early start tomorrow! Lovely hotel and an exciting trip to the supermarket for supplies #sandbachberlin
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Congratulations to our History GCSE students getting their results today. So many excellent achievements, you've made your history teachers incredibly proud. ❤️ All that work was definitely worth it! Hoping to see lots of you in our A Level classes in September. @Y9Y10Y11SandSch
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Well done to our History GCSE students on some brilliant results today. We are proud of you! We look forward to seeing lots of you on our History and Politics A-level courses next year - contact us for more details! @Yr11SandbachSch
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Very lucky to be invited to the National Press Club to meet some political journalists for a Q&A to learn about their jobs and experiences reporting on political issues in Washington. What an experience for the students! #DC2024
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Bayeux War Cemetery yesterday, visiting the graves of the Cheshire regiment and Sidney Bates who was awarded a Victoria Cross posthumously #stev #achievementweek
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Taking the opportunity to honour the fallen of Sandbach School at the Menin Gate Last Post ceremony with @giwilliams1978 #achievementweek
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As the Battlefields trip draws to a close, we would like to thank @TimeTravelEdu for their fantastic organisation and support, and a massive thanks to our guide, Richie. Hopefully the boys have had some unforgettable experiences. #battlefields22
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Boys loved exploring the German Trench system this morning @Yr11SandbachSch #achievementweek #kane
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Today is Elliott's 13th birthday. He has spent it finding the place where his great great uncle John Glover has been commemorated at Tyne Cot. #Hall #achievementweek
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Ben, Oliver and Edward represented Sandbach School extremely well at the Menin Gate ceremony in Ypres tonight. #Battlefields2024
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"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope" - Martin Luther King memorial #DC2024
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Following Nazi footsteps at the Nuremburg parade ground #Munich2017 #achievementweek @SandbachschYr10
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Dusk in DC #DC2024
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US Capitol Building #DC2024
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And we are off! All boys present and correct...and mostly awake! (Can't say the same for Mr Sutton!) #Battlefields2024
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We learned about Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, close to a casualty dressing station. There were four Sandbach soldier buried there. #battlefields22
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View the rest of the students had #achievementweek #kane @Year7SandbachSc
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Fantastic day in Parliament - finished with a brilliant q and a session with Speaker John Bercow in the state room of Speaker’s House @SandbachSchool
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Year 7 enjoying their historical tour of Sandbach as part of the Commemoration Day celebrations. #340years @Year7SandbachSc
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Arrived safe and sound in Belgium and looking forward to some dinner! #achievementweek #kane @Year7SandbachSc
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The Sandbach School Allstars head onto the pitch at the Allianz Arena. #Munich2017 #achievementweek @SandbachschYr10
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Exploring the Jack the Ripper museum - we found some suspicious characters! @Year11Sandbach1
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Miss Bird and Miss Elmer are spending today engaging in some amazing online development sessions on knowledge and teaching in History. Our teachers are at the top of their game! #tmhi #senecacpd
@TTRHistory
Teachers Talk History
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*ANNOUNCEMENT* Delighted to be joining forces with @SenecaLearn for an online edition of TMHistoryIcons! Join us Saturday 27th for a FREE extravaganza. First key speaker is the amazing @historychappy with more speakers TBA! #tmhi #senecacpd tickets -
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7H have been working on an enterprise project this week to create their own cereal. Here are some great designs that have been submitted so far. @Year7SandbachSc
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Thank you to Egan and his dad for this fantastic donation to our school museum! @Year7SandbachSc #Utseverisseges
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Fantastic sun at Utah Beach! Even time for a quick dip in the water! @Year7SandbachSc #achievementweek #McG
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The lads were amazed at the size of Lochnagar Crater! #battlefields22
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Visiting the gravestone of Valentine Strudwick, a 15 year old soldier, really brought the reality of war home to our lads. #battlefields22
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7S proudly show their work to commemorate Sandbach School #utseverisseges @Year7SandbachSc
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After an excellent range of breakfasts, we've arrived at Union Station and are heading towards the Capitol building for a tour. #DC2024
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A sombre start to the morning, visiting the holding cell and shooting post at Poperinge where British soldiers were killed for desertion during WW1. #battlefields22
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Enjoyable meal followed by table tennis and football. Running of some steam and getting ready for a busy day tomorrow #achievementweek #kane @Year7SandbachSc
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It's Barbecue time!!! What a meat feast! #DC2024
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Some excellent analysis work from Luca V, Jensen H, Josh G and Jamie B in Y9 showing their views of Elizabeth I's challenges at the start of her reign. Careful thought and detailed explanations - well done, lads! @Y9Y10Y11SandSch
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Final stop of the day - Vimy Ridge Memorial plus a walk through the Canadian trenches. Capped off a brilliant day. Now back to the hotel for tea #achievementweek #kane @Year7SandbachSc
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The official photograph of our students at the Menin Gate last night #Hall #achievementweek
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