Course: Practical approaches to teaching primary history

HA CPD course for history subject leaders in mainstream schools

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Available dates

Please note this course will not be running in the spring term. Summer term dates will be published in March 2025.

What does the course cover?

Discover what makes quality teaching of history by exploring how to ensure coverage of the National Curriculum through practical creative methods, which will engage children in interactive methods which can be adopted and adapted for different age groups or themes, whilst ensuring progression and challenge for all.

We will look at how to develop enquiry and secure a deep understanding of historical knowledge. There will be suggestions to encourage children to ask perceptive, historically valid questions, make careful observations and understand how historians use a range of sources of evidence in order to construct their interpretations of the past, as part of the recent focus on the development of disciplinary knowledge. There will also be opportunities to share good practice.

  • Who is the course for?

    The course is aimed at anyone who teaches history in a primary school and is looking for practical ideas to refresh their teaching.

    A discount is available for previous attendees of Becoming an effective primary history subject leader.

  • What are the learning outcomes?

    This course will enable you to:

    • - Learn practical ways to encourage a 'hands on' approach and ways to put the story back into history, with suggestions of how to evidence in children's books.
    • - Develop an engaging, interactive approach to the teaching of history by showing children a range of sources e.g. through the use of artefacts, pictures and other historical sources.
    • - Unpick the National Curriculum and fully understand how to ensure coverage of its aims while ensuring progression and challenge for all.
    • - Understand manageable ways to assess children's knowledge and disciplinary understanding in order to help them improve in the subject.
    • - Learn about a range of fantastic resources to bring history alive through suggestions for making the most of museum visits, using your local area with historical maps, and a wide range of books, online museum collections, websites, and much more. 

  • Who is leading the course?

    This course is led by Chris Trevor, a primary education consultant with many years' experience of teaching every year in the primary age range, and as Cheshire County Council Advisor for History, Geography and Creative Cross-Curricular Learning. She also presents the course Becoming an effective primary history subject leader. 

    “The trainer’s knowledge was outstanding. Her enthusiasm was catching.”

  • 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.

    A £50 discount code is available for those who have previously attended our Becoming an effective primary history subject leader course. To obtain your discount code please contact events@history.org.uk.

    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:

“I am new in my role and wanted to know a bit about the curriculum and the best way to teach it. However, I gained an excellent understanding of the history curriculum and how to make history teaching and learning purposeful and engaging.”

“I was just blown away from start to finish.”

“It was the best CPD I had ever attended!”

“I loved the extremely informative, interactive and engaging CPD.”

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