Humanities Subjects
Home of Geography, History, Modern Studies, Sociology and Religious Education
Mission Statement
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education” – Martin Luther King
Current Staff
Simon Kretowicz – Faculty Head
Kerry McQuillan – Modern Studies, Sociology, HWB
Carolyn Hanratty – Geography
Paul Dahlstrom – History
Allan Bryden – Religious Education
Courses
In BGE pupils rotate around our four key subjects; Geography, History, Modern Studies and RE.
In S3 personalisation and choice allows pupils to pick (up to) two Humanities subjects from Geography, History and Modern Studies. All S3 and S4 pupils take the Religion, Belief and Values course.
National Courses start in S4 and continue to S6.
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Student Zone
Student resources
The Faculty utilises MS Teams to provide a range of resources. This would include websites, ClickView playlists and externally provided material.
Extra-curricular
The Humanities faculty organise the school debating team and public speaking. Supported study and tuition takes place at lunchtimes and after school.
