Leaving no child behind: Implementing Ordinarily Available Provision and nurture in history classrooms
With Neil Bates and Sarah Herrity
As the level of need in our history classrooms continues to rise, this session will empower leaders with the strategies and pedagogies necessary to ensure every student, regardless of their individual needs, can thrive in history education. In this practical workshop, we will delve into the concept of Ordinarily Available Provision (OAP) and its pivotal role in creating inclusive, ambitious, and accessible history classrooms.
Participants will learn how to implement OAP effectively, fostering an environment where all students can engage deeply with historical content. Through real-world examples from Harrow Way School, delegates will gain valuable insights into creating an inclusive history learning environment that goes beyond OAP to nurture the most vulnerable students, ensuring that no child is left behind. Discover how to support Year 7 students through their academic transition, equipping them with the tools and confidence to succeed in history.
How can we fit it all in! Using less to achieve more within your history curriculum
Learn how approach your depth studies so that your history curriculum works harder to expose larger themes and reveal complexities within societies in an engaging way. This workshop will provide practical insights and strategies for integrating depth and overview to build a stronger sense of period.
Part one: Using the Normans to build an overview of Year 7
With Stuart Farley
We found that we were struggling to cover all the enquiries across our Year curriculum. Each enquiry had been carefully positioned within our overarching narrative and we were reluctant to lose any of them. Inspired by Banham’s long-established argument that there is ‘overview in the depth’ we avoided trimming content by broadening the lens. By reframing the Norman Conquest within the wider context of western Europe and the Mediterranean, we were able to introduce key concepts that echoed throughout the rest of the year. This workshop will share how this shift in perspective allowed us to deliver our Year 7 narrative with greater coherence, depth and impact.
Part two: Rethinking the use of personal story: revealing material and social culture within a diverse medieval society
With Sarah Herrity
Immerse your pupils in the rich tapestry of medieval life through reading the unique and dramatic story of Licoricia of Winchester, which has been reimagined for the history classroom. Learn how personal narratives can vividly portray the material and social culture of past societies, while revealing diverse experiences, and how stories can help pupils explore broader themes such as power and persecution, empire and trade, religion and ideas.
Interview panel: transformational leadership in school history
Be part of an insightful discussion on transformational leadership in history departments. Our panel of experienced history leaders will explore leadership approaches that have been successful in driving meaningful change and cultivating a culture of collaboration and innovation. Discover strategies for improving the quality of your history curriculum and ensuring its effective implementation. Find out how leaders have worked to transform teaching and learning within their teams to reflect the best of history specific pedagogies to provide students with high quality history education and exam success.
