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History Department
Welcome to the History department at Llangatwg Community School. We are a popular and successful department. At present we study the following:

Year 7
Medieval Times (1000-1500)
Key Question - How did the arrival of the Normans change Wales and Britain?

Year 8
The Early Modern period (1500-1760)
Key Question - How did change and conflict shape Wales and Britain?

Year 9
The Industrial Age (1760-1914)
Key Questions - What changes took place in Wales, Britain and the wider world at this time, and how did people react to them?

The Twentieth Century
Key Question - How did important individuals and events shape our world?

Year 10 & 11
We teach the WJEC GCSE in History. The topics are:
 

 Health and Medicine since 1345
Wars of the 20th century. This is our coursework element. The assignments are currently based on World War Two.
Sport Leisure and Tourism since 1900
Germany 1929-47
We study the rich and exciting tapestry that is the past not only to learn more knowledge, but also to help our pupils build transferable skills that they can take forward to other contexts, especially the workplace. History lessons are interesting and varied, with pupils encouraged to show independence of learning. Pupils regularly use ICT and are given help to improve their written skills through learning about the past.
 

HISTORY DEPARTMENT STAFF
Mr A Millington (Head of Department)
Mr FA Williams
Mr R Owen
Mr R Skilton
The team is well established. Mr Millington is Team Leader for the WJEC exam board paper Sport Leisure and Tourism, and also Head of the Humanities Faculty. He is a former President of the St. John's College History Society, Oxford University.

Mr Williams is the former Head of Department and now Exam Officer. He is also in charge of the school's More Able and Talented programme.

Mr Owen has extensive experience in Special Needs, and has taken responsibility for the school's entry in the Welsh Schools Heritage Initiative. The pupils develop interactive tour guide PDA equipment for the local Aberdulais Falls Historical Site, for which they received a prize.

Mr Skilton is our Headteacher, and a recent winner of Headteacher of the Year.

LLANGATWG HISTORY DEPARTMENT - LET'S MAKE HISTORY!