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History // Ancient Greece & Rome

Describe how Alexander the Great of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from Greece to Egypt to India, spreading Greek language, culture, and ideas…

History // Ancient Greece & Rome

Describe how the Western Roman Empire gradually declined due to a combination of factors — military pressure from invading peoples, political instability…

History // Ancient Greece & Rome

Know that Greek thinkers called philosophers developed ways of understanding the world that still influence us today — Socrates asked challenging questions to…

History // Ancient Greece & Rome

Explore how Heinrich Schliemann's excavation at Hisarlik in modern Turkey raised questions about whether the Trojan War described in Homer's Iliad was…

History // Ancient Greece & Rome

Analyse who was included and excluded from Athenian democracy — only free adult male citizens (roughly 30% of adults) could participate, while women, enslaved…

History // Medieval Times

What the Middle Ages gave us: Parliament, universities, common law, Gothic architecture, the English language (Anglo-Saxon + Norman French), place names…

History // Medieval Times

The medieval world beyond Europe: the Islamic Golden Age (maths, medicine, architecture), the Mali Empire and Mansa Musa, Song Dynasty China; how the medieval…

History // Medieval Times

The invention of the printing press by Gutenberg and its arrival in England with William Caxton; how printed books changed everything; the transition from the…

History // Medieval Times

Medieval cultural achievements: illuminated manuscripts, Gothic cathedrals (flying buttresses, stained glass), Gregorian chant, the Bayeux Tapestry; art and…

History // Medieval Times

King John, the barons' revolt, and the sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215; what the Magna Carta said about limiting the king's power; its lasting importance for…

History // Medieval Times

The growth of medieval towns: markets, guilds, the merchant class; how towns won charters of self-governance; the shift from purely rural to partly urban life

History // Medieval Times

How justice worked in medieval times: trial by ordeal, trial by combat, the role of the sheriff; punishments including stocks, pillory, and dungeons; how…

History // Medieval Times

The lives of medieval women: noblewomen managing estates, peasant women's hard daily work, nuns and abbesses, notable figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan…

Computing // Artificial Intelligence

What AI might do in 10 years; what we want it to do and what we're worried about; children as future designers and decision-makers about AI; hopeful, empowered…

Computing // Artificial Intelligence

AI needs huge amounts of energy and water to train; data centres and their environmental cost; but AI can also help — predicting weather, monitoring…

Computing // Artificial Intelligence

What data AI systems collect about you; who has it and why it matters; cookies, tracking, smart speakers always listening; your data is valuable

Computing // Artificial Intelligence

Whether AI should make important decisions about people: jobs, loans, justice; who is responsible when AI makes unfair decisions; introduction to algorithmic…

Computing // Artificial Intelligence

How AI is changing the world of work: some jobs disappear, new ones are created, many change; jobs AI can't do (yet); what skills matter in an AI world

Computing // Artificial Intelligence

Design thinking applied to AI ethics: if you were designing an AI system, what rules would you give it? Who should it help? What should it not be allowed to do?

Computing // Artificial Intelligence

If training data is biased, AI will be biased; examples: facial recognition working better for some skin tones, translation assuming gender; where bias comes…

Computing // Artificial Intelligence

Deepfakes, AI-generated images and text; how to spot them and why they matter; the importance of checking sources; not everything online is real

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand how emotions influence thinking and decision-making — that strong feelings can cloud judgement, that we often make different choices when calm versus…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that emotional responses are shaped by personal experiences, culture, and context — the same situation triggers different emotions in different…

Personal & Social Development // Emotional Literacy

Understand that people can experience mixed or conflicting emotions at the same time — feeling excited and nervous about starting a new school, or happy for a…