And here is what other parts of the ocean are polluted with. For more information check out the documentary/film “A plastic ocean” or a real eye opener is drowning in plastic produced by the BBC.

Thanks to all the students who have returned their KS3 assessments already. Reminder to get them in the post by tomorrow or drop them in the box by the Jossey Lane front gate. 👍📮Thanks

'Statues are not history in the sense of having significant pedagogical value. They are political symbols, which drift in or out of favour along with political and aesthetic tastes.' From the archive: bit.ly/2Uou5fx

Thousands of 'ordinary' Britons profited from the slave trade – and, says David Olusoga, they weren't about to accept abolition without a fight... bit.ly/SlaveryBritain

33 years ago today, a historic General Election took place in which Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant were elected the UK's first black MPs, representing the constituencies of Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Brent South, and Tottenham. Diane Abbott Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Ella-Mae in Y7 has really stepped up to the GCSEPod challenge over Goole Academy of making pictorial notes. We love your work! 👏🏻

Some students have really cracked on with their History home learning and we love seeing your work. These notes by Ellie Goole Academy are awesome ⭐️

“Contrasting biographies of the iconic leader Winston Churchill show how perceptions of historical figures change with the passing of time…” | David Cannadine in 2015 for BBC History Magazine bit.ly/ChurchillPersp…

How might King John's reign have been different if Magna Carta didn't exist? bit.ly/AltHistMagna

From the Haitian slave rebellion to the history of slavery within the British empire... bit.ly/SlaveryPodcasts

The family are now travelling through the heart of Lakota country. The Fort Laramie Treaty had been signed just a year before.

"Philippa was, in effect, exchanged for ships and soldiers so that her mother-in-law could invade England – the most unromantic beginning to a marriage imaginable," says Kathryn Warner... bit.ly/PhilippaHainau…

Two Latin words for a star or constellation: 'aster' and 'sidus'. They glimmer across English: disaster: an ill-starred event. asterisk: a little star. astronaut: a star-sailor. consider: to observe the stars. desire: to wish upon a star.

“If Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon’s first son had lived, could the Reformation have been avoided?” bit.ly/HenryVIIISon

On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, #OnThisDay in 1916, the British suffered 57,000 casualties, of whom 19,000 were killed. There would be as many as 1.2 million British, French and German casualties by the time the battle ended, on 18 November. bit.ly/2JtGWXV

Thomas W from Garforth Academy has a gruelling schedule for potential Benedictine monks visiting Whitby Abbey!

Two words from the past for people and habits you might recognise: monologist (18th century): someone who goes on and on and monopolises a conversation. nod-crafty (17th century): prone to nodding vigorously when you actually tuned out an hour ago.

We’re loving seeing the work on our Local History lessons from Y7 and 8 students. We’ve selected a few brilliant examples to share. Can you see your work? #Historyfromhome