Primary news

  • Write Your Own Historical Fiction Competition 2013

    2nd February 2013

    The Historical Association Historical Fiction Prize and the Joan Blyth Memorial Prize Write Your Own Historical Fiction Competition 2013 - Bigger and Better than Ever Before!Get your Year 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 students to bring the past to life!One of the key attributes of historical fiction is that...

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  • Explore the Holocaust with FilmClub and the HMD Trust

    24th January 2013

    The Holocaust is considered by many to be one of the darkest episodes in the history of modern man. To help teachers tackle this complex and challenging topic the education charity FILMCLUB, in partnership with the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, has created a curriculum enrichment guide featuring seven specially selected...

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  • Your Paintings

    29th November 2012

    For art teachers of all age groups, this makes Your Paintings a valuable teaching resource. For history teachers, it could be an even richer resource. The UK’s national collection of oil paintings is probably the best pre-photographic visual record of UK history and society.  There are paintings showing everyday life,...

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  • Primary History Survey Report 2012

    18th September 2012

    History in Primary Schools In June the Secretary of State announced that history would remain a compulsory part of the primary curriculum from age 5 to age 11. We welcomed that announcement but urged a note of caution regarding slimmed down programmes of study. The Survey into History in English...

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  • HA Annual Conference 2013

    26th August 2012

    York, 10-11 May 2013 Presidential Lecture: Professor Jackie Eales How glorious was Gloriana? Elizabeth I and her historians Saturday Lecture: Marc Morris - The Norman Conquest Marc presented the TV series Castle and wrote the accompanying book. Marc's talk will be based on his new book, The Norman Conquest, which...

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  • Results of the HA Write Your Own Historical Story Competition 2012

    24th June 2012

    The Historical Association Write Your Own Historical Story Competition and the Joan Blyth Memorial Prize 2012. The competition this year has again been successful. With the change in categories there was a very slight reduction in entries but this was balanced by the number of schools entering students who had...

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  • Winners of the Young Quills 2012 Prize for Historical Fiction Announced

    17th June 2012

    The Historical Association is pleased to announce that the winners of The Young Quills Awards for 2012 are Barbara Mitchelhill, for Run Rabbit Run, Andersen (2011), in the Primary age group category and in the secondary age group category Paul Dowswell, for Sektion 20, Bloomsbury (2011). Both of the books...

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  • The Young Historian Project 2012

    22nd April 2012

    This initiative has been celebrating the achievements of young historians in schools for over twenty years. It is largely funded by the Historical Association and the Spirit of Normandy Trust. It has an annual award scheme and also funds some special events, such as the annual Young Historian Day at...

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  • HA Response to The Framework for the National Curriculum 2011 - Primary

    29th February 2012

    A report by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum review' In December the DfE published the ‘The Framework for the National Curriculum: A report by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum review'.  The HA endorses the panel's recommendation that history should be part of the core curriculum for...

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  • Curriculum Review Update 2011

    10th January 2012

    Review Panel Publishes Report On 19th December 2011 the curriculum review panel published its report and recommendations concerning the current National Curriculum and provision. The government will respond to the report in the next month. The panel made some interesting recommendations affecting history provision under the National Curriculum which are...

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