The Topic Pack gives you a brief summary on Ancient Egypt. It includes sections on Ancient Egyptian society, trade and the River Nile, and key people.

A Topic Pack on Ancient Greece, with sections on Ancient Greek Society, Wars in Ancient Greece, and How do we know about the Ancient Greeks?

The Topic Pack gives you a brief summary of the Victorians.

A briefing for Head Teachers and Chairs of Governing Bodies PSHE education and statutory status Wash-up negotiations between the government and opposition parties on the Children, Schools and Families Bill resulted in the removal of the clauses to introduce PSHE education as a statutory subject in the national curriculum at...

We are sure that you are aware by now of the findings of the Cambridge Primary Review. The author, Robin Alexander has been working recently to disseminate information and give teachers and primary education professionals the chance to discuss the priorities for primary education. These ideas, based around the key...

‘Making the past present and bringing the distant near' Thomas Babington Macaulay 1828 Smollett's constitutional HistoryAs a teacher covering some area of primary history such as Florence Nightingale or Victorian Britain have you ever heard the dreaded words from a child ‘So what?' This can actually be a front for...

Please note: this guide was written in 2010 and some links may no longer work. For more recent guidance, see:  Teaching sensitive subjects: slavery and Britain’s role in the trade (2019) Slavery in Britain (2013) Sarah Forbes Bonetta - scheme of work (2015) Diversity guidance for primary teachers and subject leaders (2019) Teaching Slavery...

The topic of evacuation is very popular at Key Stage 2. It is chosen because many colleagues believe that pupils in years 5 and 6 will be able to empathise with children of the same age who were evacuated from British cities and other target areas in World War II...

A series of key stage targeted activities and schemes of work for promoting community cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism.

A Guide to Assessment for learning in Primary History

It is a long way from a poor background as the son of a Greek-Cypriot postman to that of a life peer and junior minister in the British government. Yet Andrew Adonis is on record as having his youthful imagination fired by primary history, with a love of the subject...