Training and Development

This series of practical webinars will identify what confuses pupils in primary history and show how such confusion and misconceptions can be avoided and challenged. Through examples of careful planning and activities, the webinars will show how pupils can develop an accurate and nuanced understanding of chronology and change, cause and consequence, historical interpretations, and significance, in line with the National Curriculum and current Ofsted expectations.  The webinars will also demonstrate how best to use sources in the classroom and improve pupil handling of original evidence. 

Please click on the date links below for further information and booking:

Avoiding confusion with chronology and change - Tuesday 5th November, 4pm to 5.30pm

Avoiding confusion with cause and consequence - Wednesday 4th December, 4pm to 5.30pm

Avoiding confusion with historical interpretations - Tuesday 14th January, 4pm to 5.30pm

Avoiding confusion with significance - Tuesday 25th February, 4pm to 5.30pm

Avoiding confusion with handling evidence - Wednesday 26th March, 4pm to 5.30pm

The workshops will cost £30 per person, per workshop, or all 5 workshops can be booked for £120.

The training will be led by Andrew Wrenn, a knowledgeable history specialist and an honorary fellow of the Historical Association. He is an experienced teacher, trainer and writer, former LA adviser, and author and co-author of educational materials, articles and books

The workshop series will be led by Jackie Zammit, a geography specialist who leads primary geography networks in the West Midlands and London and a consultant with the Geographical Association. Jackie has taught for the Field Studies Council, worked with teachers on development issues and was a regional coordinator for the Global Learning Programme. She is currently an Associate Practitioner with Lifeworlds Learning, supporting outdoor learning and fieldwork at two residential centres and co-producing educational resources for PositiveNegatives, an animation company. 

 

Workshop One  -  Wednesday 22nd January 2025

Subject leadership with a focus on geographical concepts

This session will explore all you need to know to be an effective Primary Geography Subject Lead. You will go away with tools to help you support your colleagues, audit your existing curriculum and develop it further to create a high quality curriculum that meets the needs of your pupils. We will also look at the role of geographical concepts and how these can be used to help organise your planning.

 

Workshop Two  -  Thursday 13th February 2025

Fieldwork at KS1 & KS2                                                                                                                

Fieldwork is integral to Geography and can be easier to deliver than you might think. We will explore the range of techniques available to us and how children can make progress with their fieldwork skills. There will be lots of ideas to take away for use in your school grounds and local area. We will also take a look at virtual fieldwork opportunities and consider their potential within your curriculum. 

 

Workshop Three  -  Monday 10th March 2025

Localities and regions - making the progression

Place is a key geographical concept that threads through the curriculum. We will look at how children can progress in their understanding of place from EYFS, through KS1 and KS2. We will look at progression in terms of scale (local to regional) and depth of knowledge, enquiry and skills.  We will draw on Leicester and the surrounding area for inspiration.

 

Workshop Four  -  Wednesday 2nd April 2025

Mapwork at KS1 & KS2

An activity based session exploring ideas and resources for developing mapwork in your school. We will explore map reading, map making, wayfinding and environmental awareness. We will also touch on digital mapping. Progression frameworks will be available for you to take away.

 

Workshop Five  -  Tuesday 6th May 2025

Sustainability - what are the opportunities in primary geography?

With the DfE setting a target for all education settings to have a sustainability lead and a climate action plan in place by 2025, we will explore the opportunities for primary Geography. We will look at Sustainability as a concept that can run across the curriculum. 

 

Workshop Six  -  Wednesday 4th June

Teaching distant places at KS1 & KS2

We will look at how an enquiry approach can help us teach about distant places. We will think about common misconceptions, where they come from and how to address them when they arise. The session will draw on photographs and videos from different parts of the world.

 

Please click on the blue titles above to book a place, or visit our online booking system.

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Please note that the NASENCO award has being replaced by NPQ SENCO, effective from Autumn 2024. The new NPQ is now the mandatory qualification for SENDCOs and will also be suitable for other school leaders to undertake. 

We are offering the NPQ SENCO in partnership with Best Practice Network.

Further information is available here.

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) status is a recognised progression route for school support staff that can make a real difference to schools and pupils.

It provides confidence, capability, and credibility to carry out advanced roles in teaching and learning.

Details of what’s included can be found on the BPN website:

 https://www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/hlta

Applicants are asked to state whether they have been recommended to the programme and should select ‘Leicester and Leicestershire Teaching School Hub’ from the drop-down list as well as inputting the partner code ‘LLTSH’ (in order to gain a place on the Leicester cohort).

*Applicants using the 'LLTSH' code will receive a £50 discount.