Spring Primary History Network

Next week marks the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. Picture News has created a special assembly presentation suitable for both KS1 and KS2. This resource is available to all schools free of charge.

We hope the Picture News - VE Day 80th Anniversary presentation will be a valuable tool in commemorating this significant event with your students.

The summer network is designed for primary history subject leaders who would value reviewing their planning, teaching and assessment of history, reviewing the Ofsted requirements, considering best practice and updating their subject knowledge to help their confidence in the subject.  

Available dates:

19 May 2025 – Butser Ancient Farm, Waterlooville 

20 May 2025 – Museum of the Iron Age, Andover 

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: History Summer

Price: Sub £80 / SLA £55 / Full £96 

We are excited to announce the History Curriculum Centre will be relocating to a new home. Our new address will be: Bar End Unit 1, Bar End Road, Winchester, SO23 9NR

Effective date: Monday 17 March 2025

We will continue to offer our artefact, library, and publications services, which can be ordered through Curriculum Centre order form.

Our contact details remain unchanged: history.centre@hants.gov.uk, tel: 01962 874802

Collection and returns of loan box

If you wish to collect or return loan boxes/items in person, please note that this can only be done by appointment. To schedule an appointment, kindly contact the relevant centre via phone or email provided above.

Courier delivered loans will remain unchanged. 

Please find a map attached showing our new location. We look forward to welcoming you there.

This conference brings together the best of national and local research and practice to provide invaluable professional development for history leaders, history teachers and SLT history line managers. Hear from national and local speakers. 

Keynote speaker for 2025: Will Bailey-Watson  

Associate Professor Will Bailey-Watson leads the Secondary History Initial Teacher Education course at Reading University. He has delivered keynotes at the Historical Association Conference, Schools History Project Conference and ResearchEd. He is best known for his award-winning work on the history education website, Meanwhile Elsewhere, and his recent work has been published within the new history textbook Changing histories for KS3: Connected worlds, c.1000–c.1600. He is currently working on the contribution history can make as part of a coherent and holistic climate and sustainability education. 

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: History Conference

Price: Sub £325 / SLA £160 / Full £390