Tonight we mark 78 years since Sandy and 75 of his colleagues made their escape from Stalag Luft III through tunnel Harry.

#sandysspitfire #aa810 #Spitfire #greatescape

BOOM! We're back! Year 11... on this day: James VI becomes King of England- historically unifying the English and Scottish crowns upon ol' Lizzie I's death.... Don't forget he was named her heir because she was.....

This month marks Holocaust Memorial Day Trust . We're remembering today the January Revolt of the Warsaw Uprising. This led to a disruption and temporary delay of the Nazis' deportations. Hundreds of brave Jewish people with makeshift weapons or those smuggled in by the Polish Resistance fought back

Super proud of our RAF Air Cadets team in the #RAST competition today. They worked hard in the lead up to this competition and have learned valuable lessons for next year’s effort too.

Sarah Mirkin, aged 7, has won a national writing competition for her story about her Krio culture and notable Krio and RAF navigator, John Henry Smythe.
Smythe spent 18 months in a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany before he was liberated.

Full story: bit.ly/3b0anyC

Well done to all House participants involved in House History today! Our new schemes of work focus on telling previously overlooked stories and analysing hidden voices- this was one of the questions today: who is the man in the middle, and why is he significant? #tudors #BHM2021

We can’t wait to welcome potential Colfe's School future pupils tomorrow! Recreating where former Colfe’s pupils slept in having enlisted after leaving school to join up. Make sure you check out our special football too!

Something VERY exciting is happening this afternoon! Spitfire AA810 Colfe's School

It was wonderful recently to get the first episode of For You The War Is Over podcast series 3 recorded with Dave Robertson. Now edited we’re afraid you’ll have to wait until November to find out who we’re discussing! #POW Imperial War Museums Colfe's History Dai Lawrence - RAF Historical Speaker

Olympic time is here! We’ve loved using Danny Boyle’s London 2012 opening ceremony as a means to teach the historic significance of the NHS- we can’t wait to analyse the inclusion of the Windrush and Industrial Revolution too in September!

Students of the Cold War: History!

Independence Day, 1940s style. For our current, and nee Year 12s who would like an insight into the events of our source enquiry….

#OnThisDay in 1940, the Nazis began their invasion of the Channel Islands.

Following the defeat of France, Winston Churchill had reluctantly withdrawn British troops from the Channel Islands. Around 25,000 occupants were evacuated to Britain.

'Teachers deserve abundant praise for the work they do at the best of times- they transform lives & inspire. But during the pandemic teachers have taken things to a different level altogether & we are truly indebted to them' Ruth-Anne Lenga's Centre remarks this #ThankATeacherDay RT

Extremely proud of both teams from Colfe's School - it was a great afternoon. Looking forward to the National Final! Thanks Mr Dilly, Thurrock Libraries and National Literacy Trust...so much fun!

Reminiscing about our amazing battlefields trip which we led with Colfe’s School CCF in 2020... thinking of those, including former students and family members who readied themselves 77 years ago tonight to take Pegasus Bride and those who landed at Gold, Juno and Sword beach hours later

Year 12: as you settle into your half term revision for Churchill.... today is the anniversary of the May Cabinet Crisis in 1940!

Fabulous to see Old Colfeian Georgia Stock representing Loughborough and taking 2 of the 7 wickets in their win against Oxford this week Colfe's School

#OnThisDay 1912: The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.

In 1979, Frank Prentice described how he managed to escape death on the liner, where he was working as an assistant purser.

Today is the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Today we remember all those who were incarcerated there, all who died, as well as the British Armed Forces members who liberated the camp.