Course: Getting to grips with primary history

An HA CPD course for teachers who are inexperienced or lacking in confidence in teaching primary history

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Available dates

Autumn term: Thursday 14 November, 10am–4pm

What does the course cover?

This course is for primary teachers who are inexperienced in teaching primary history or who did not receive much training in order to teach primary history. You will develop your understanding of effective history teaching. The course has a strong practical focus with approaches based on recent research and a regard to national initiatives including the Ofsted education inspection framework. Every delegate will come away with a strong knowledge of the primary history curriculum and a range of ideas that can be implemented easily to have an impact. You will develop confidence to be able to go straight back into the classroom and teach effective, engaging history lessons.

  • Who is the course for?

    The course is for anyone who teaches history in a primary school wishing to gain greater confidence in the subject. You may be new to teaching history or didn't have much history-specific training and are looking to develop your practice, particularly in light of the focus on subject in the Ofsted education inspection framework.

  • What are the learning outcomes?

    This course will enable you to:

    • - Know how to navigate the history curriculum effectively
    • - Plan units of work that are knowledge-rich and show progress
    • - Understand how to give a pertinent overview and how to teach aspects in depth
    • - Maximise the potential of your local environment
    • - Have a secure understanding of the skills and concepts of history
    • - Make purposeful cross-curricular links
    • - Be aware of a bank of locations to find the best resources

     
    Delegates will receive practical and teacher-friendly guides to take back to school from every step of the course, a carefully-selected bank of resources that work and the opportunity to get advice geared towards their school and context.

  • Who is leading the course?

    The course is delivered by Stuart Tiffany (Mr T Does Primary History), a history specialist with an in-depth knowledge of current classroom experience in a wide range of settings across the primary age range. Stuart is passionate about igniting a love of history among both teachers and pupils. He believes that history can be taught in a fun and exciting way while supporting pupils in achieving depth of understanding in knowledge and skills within the subject.

  • What does it cost?

    The course is charged at £205 for HA members and £285 for non-members (inclusive of VAT). Please note that Cademy will charge an additional fee if payment is made by card rather than invoice.

    To access the member price please provide your membership number when prompted. You must have a valid membership at the time of booking and attending the course.

    Did you know? It is cheaper to become an HA member and access your tickets at the membership rate, plus a range of other benefits all year round. Find out more about Primary membership.

  • How do I take part?

    The course takes place online over Zoom. While we strongly recommend participating live, if you are unable to attend for any reason a recording link will be made available. This will be emailed to all registered participants to access for a limited time period.

    Booking is now available via this link. Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the HA CPD terms and conditions before registering.

    For any enquiries, please contact events@history.org.uk.

What previous participants have said:

100% of survey respondents would recommend the course to others

100% rated the presenter highly on knowledge, delivery and professionalism

100% felt their confidence to teach primary history had improved

“Stuart is very knowledgeable and has shared lots of wonderful ideas”

“A lot of practical examples and detailed information”

“Really well thought out and full of things that I could start using straight away in school”