Year 7 Goes Live with the British Museum!

This Wednesday, on the 960th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, our Year 7 students participated in a nationwide live schools broadcast organised by the British Museum to explore one of Europe's most famous historic artifacts: the Bayeux Tapestry.

Hosted by TV presenter Emma-Louise Amanshia alongside British Museum curators Michael Lewis and Millie Horton-Insch, the interactive broadcast explored how the iconic 70-metre embroidery tells the story of King Harold and William the Conqueror.

Year 7 focused on critical historical analysis, exploring key questions around how the Tapestry presents a Norman perspective of the events of 1066, and how visual details reveal 11th-century motives and bias.

Our students actively participated in live polls and interactive tasks, submitting a series of thoughtful questions directly to the panel during the live Q&A segment.

It was fantastic to see our Year 7 pupils asking deep, analytical questions about this important story in our nation's history, in the year the Tapestry is being loaned to the UK from France. 

The session provided the students with a glimpse into what they will soon be studying as part of the Year 7 history curriculum, helping students understand that history isn't just about what happened, but how stories are remembered and told.

All students in Years 7 - 9 have been invited to participate in a competition, with the selected winners given the opportunity to visit the Bayeux Tapestry on a special trip to the British Museum in December.