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School Based Staff INSET Days
- Training can be targeted at different audiences - teachers, support staff,
parents.
- You choose the historical period that workshops and presentations are themed
upon (KS2 - Roman Britain, Tudors, Victorians, Post 1930s. KS1 - Famous
Figures, Themes).
- Training could be full day, half day or twilight - even added onto a pupil
day.
- Pack of planned teaching activities.
- Create your own classroom examples.
- Increased confidence in using practical activities to develop pupil's
historical knowledge and understanding.
- How to use various learning styles and emotional literacy to aid learning.
- Promotion of fun 'hands on' learning as an effective efficient teaching
strategy.
- Includes all practical workshop materials.
- We bring everything you need apart from space to work!
Need a date to suit you?
We are happy to organise a course on a date that suits you. It can either
be at your school or a nearby venue. Please email
us with the name of the course, your preferred date(s) and your details.Would
like to mix and match elements from different courses?
It has happened to us all - a course where only some of the workshops are
relevant. This option enables you put together aspects from the different
courses we offer to create a day that suits your needs. Please email
us to discuss your needs.
Delegate Comments
- "inspiring ideas"
- "exciting useful day"
- "I've learned far more by discovering and exploring crafts and
artefacts than I ever would have done by just listening to a lecture - and
I'll remember it!"
Courses available as INSET
All courses conducted off-site, are also available for INSET days. See here
for course details. In addition the topics below are available for INSET.
KS1
Famous People
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Florence
Nightingale was an amazing lady but why is
she so worthy of being one of the most famous historical figures? This
course looks at her outstanding contribution to modern life outside of the
nursing for which she is so well known. Although aimed at KS1 this unit may well be of interest to KS2
teachers, particularly with its links to Maths and PSHCE.
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Living Like Florence - Break your fast then follow a Victorian day.
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Mary Seacole,
doctoress, was a lady
before her time in many senses. This course looks at her life and her amazing
adventures. This course may be of interest to KS2 teachers looking at
issues of slavery and famous African-Caribbean figures.
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Living Like Samuel Pepys - Break your fast then look at
the 'Stuart' life style.
Themes
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Toys. This course steps beyond using toys to simply show old and new to
looking at how toys have been used from Ancient times to modern
day. It then looks at creative practical ways to develop
historical skills with KS1 children.
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Homes. Starting with an overview of homes across the ages,
you will look at
changes in function, layout and use of houses. Ways to extend KS1 children's historical skills and
understanding are covered. Although particularly
aimed at KS1 this course will be useful for KS2 teachers.
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In my Grandpa's Home were Grandpa's Toys - Step back in time to the 1940's: bread and
jam, mechanical toy, sleeping places.
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Victorian Holidays by the Sea - Steam trains, iced cream, puppet shows and swings, all the fun of the sea.
Spanning KS1 and KS2
Empathy Skills
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Using
Historical Empathy to teach Emotional Literacy. Developing empathy
skills with history can help children to better understand their
relationships with others. The activities in this course are based on the
experience from over five years of working with emotionally and
behaviourally challenged children. Beginning with looking at the stages in
developing emotional literacy and how they relate together the discussion
then moves to exploring how the stages can be used to develop children's
historical empathy skills. Practical exercises are demonstrated, followed
with opportunities for teachers to develop their own resources pertinent to
their particular history topics.
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Stepping Back in time (developing empathy skills). Developing
empathy skills, Mirror image - emotional literacy and historical empathy,
Motive & Motivation - unlocking the past.
Chronology
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Chronology
(Timelines). Fun and interesting ways to teach what many
people consider to be one of the hardest concepts to develop. You will
gain practical ideas for the classroom, and if time allows, make your own
resources to take away.
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Dots, Arrows and Chronology, F, KS1 & KS2. Developing
historical chronology, Dots and Arrows, Active Timelines, Five minute
strategies, 'Assembly' ideas, Friendly Maths.
Enquiry
- Developing Historical Detectives. Improving questioning &
enquiry skills, Developing observations, Moving beyond what, when and where,
Logbooks and recording.
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
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Helping
Less Able Children. Looking for ways to help children that need a
little more help to understand your teaching? This course looks at practical
ways to help children develop their questioning skills and ability to use
evidence to support their arguments. Most of these techniques demonstrated
are generic to all subjects – however the examples given on this course
will be history based. The activities are based on over five years
experience of being a successful SENco – as described by Ofsted.
Activities cover ways to limit the emotional factor, ways to develop
reasoned arguments and higher order thinking skills. They are designed to be
practical and classroom friendly and suitable for NQT's and more experienced
teachers.
Historical Themes
- Leisure and Pleasure. 3,000
years of toy development. Learn how some of the toys were inspired or
developed purely through accident. Discover which toys our ancestors
knew and used. Do you know which toy an exasperated teacher designed
to help his eighteenth century pupils learn geography? Explore the
changes in form and materials and learn how these can be used to tell us
about the people who lived at the time.
- Home fires burning. Development of houses in Britain over
3,000 years, why they changed, rubbish or treasure – evidence gathering,
D.T. Projects.
Historical Periods
- Upstairs, Downstairs, In my Ladies chamber. Overview of Victorian
period, home designs, introduction to afternoon pleasures, menus for young
and old, underwear! 15:00 -16:00 Victorian parlour etiquette – possibly
look at the Victorian parlour in the museum.
- They are building a Villa on my home! Living in Roman
Britain, changing landscapes, differences between round houses and villas,
trading gifts, lets talk money.
KS2
Ancient Egypt
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Ancient
Egyptians. Where are the 'Black lands'? Where did the name Egypt
come from? This course helps you step into the Ancient Egyptian world to better understand the motivations and actions of that
time.
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Beyond Mummies, Pyramids and Pharaohs. 'The Black Lands',
Daily living in Ancient Egypt, introduction to hieroglyphics, home designs,
simple collar making, trading game.
Invaders and Settlers
Roman Britain
Tudors
Victorians
20th Century
Pricing
Full-Day INSET. £200 plus £25 per head, plus travel. Includes material and handouts.
Half-Day INSET. £150 plus £15 per head, plus travel. Includes material and handouts.
Twilight INSET (approx 2 hours). Cost £130 plus £10 per head, plus
travel. Again, this includes materials and handouts.
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