The history department took more than 50 GCSE history students to London in November for a two-day visit.
One of the highlights of their stay was a visit to the Playhouse Theatre in the West End to watch a production of the musical Cabaret that has won a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards.
Cabaret is set in Berlin in 1929–30, just before Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Adding to the magic of the occasion, the theatre itself has been transformed into the Kit Kat Club (the setting for the musical). Watching this performance will support the work that students do on the rise of the Nazis.
In addition, the students visited the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, delving into the museum’s unique collections and taking part in a learning workshop on the Spanish Armada. This relates to the unit of work they do on Elizabethan England.
They also took part in a walking tour of some of the ‘forgotten’ corners of Victorian London, focusing particularly on what conditions were like for people living then, especially the poor. This ties in with the students’ work on public health in the nineteenth century.
We will be featuring lots more photos in Issue 33 of Ridgeway New Times, which comes out at the end of term.
