Humanities Professional Learning
2024 - 2025
Primary
Developing Reading Skills in Humanities from Year 3 to 6
This professional learning will be split into two sessions providing guidance, a range of strategies and example resources on how pupils can develop purposeful and authentic reading skills through effective humanities teaching and learning. Session one will focus on reading for comprehension while session two will focus on response and analysis.
Resources: example teaching resources, teaching and learning guidance.
Session 1: 02.10.24
Session 2: 05.11.24
Developing Writing Skills in Humanities from Year 3 to 6
This professional learning will be split into two sessions providing guidance, a range of strategies and example resources on how pupils can develop purposeful and authentic writing skills through effective humanities teaching and learning. Sessions will focus on writing to inform, explain, analytical writing and argumentation.
Resources: example teaching resources, teaching and learning guidance.
Session 1: 10.01.25
Session 2: 12.02.24
Glan Usk Primary School Sharing Event
Glan Usk Primary School will be opening their doors for practitioners to observe how pupils are developing their reading and writing skills through effective humanities teaching and learning.
Resources: Examples of curriculum planning and practical classroom resources
Penllywn Primary School Sharing Event
Penllwyn Primary School will be opening their doors for practitioners to observe how pupils are developing their reading and writing skills through effective humanities teaching and learning.
Resources: Examples of curriculum planning and practical classroom resources
Goytre Fawr Primary School Sharing Event
Goytre Fawr Primary School will be opening their doors for practitioners to observe how pupils are developing their reading and writing skills through effective humanities teaching and learning.
Resources: Examples of curriculum planning and practical classroom resources
Teaching History from Year 2 to 6
This practical hands-on session will provide practitioners with a range of ideas, advice and examples of resources to support authentic history teaching and learning.
Resources: Progression map(s) to strengthen long and medium-term curriculum planning, teaching resources to support classroom activities. Programme materials to support sharing and further development within school.
Teaching Geography from Year 1 to 6
This practical hands-on session will be delivered by a specialist from the Geographical Association. The session will provide practitioners with a range of ideas, advice and examples of resources about conducting fieldwork with children in primary school to support authentic teaching and learning.
Resources: example teaching resources to deliver field work, examples of how to use the local area for a range of field work techniques.
Teaching RVE From Year 1 to 6
This session will provide practitioners with a range of ideas, advice and examples of resources to support authentic history teaching and learning.
Resources: A progression map for RVE, planning documents and Teaching and Learning Guidance. Classroom resources. Module to adapt for your setting. Resources from the Islam Centre UK. Podcasts on World Religions and Humanism, Ethical Veganism.
27.11.24
Primary and Secondary
Planning for Progression in Humanities from Year 1 to 9
This series of professional learning opportunities will provide guidance on how to plan for progression using concepts in humanities.
Each session will focus on different concepts identified within the Humanities Statements of What Matters explaining what they mean and how they can be utilised to plan in-depth learning experiences.
Resources: Progression map(s) to strengthen long and medium-term curriculum planning. Programme materials to support sharing and further development within school.
How to use Digimaps to support the geography curriculum across all year groups
This practical, hands-on professional learning will be delivered by Ordnance Survey. The session will provide ideas, advice and example resources on how the school grounds and the Digimaps resource can be utilised as part of the geographical fieldwork process. Further information about Digimaps can be found using this link - https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/about/.
Resources: example teaching resources: progression in map skills resources, links to online resources for use in the classroom
Secondary
Developing Reading Skills in Humanities from Year 7 to 9
his professional learning will be split into two sessions providing guidance, a range of strategies and example resources on how pupils can develop purposeful and authentic reading skills through effective humanities teaching and learning. Session one will focus on reading for comprehension while session two will focus on response and analysis.
Resources: example teaching resources, teaching and learning guidance.
06.12.24
Developing Writing Skills in Humanities from Year 7 to 9
This professional learning will be split into two sessions providing guidance, a range of strategies and example resources on how pupils can develop purposeful and authentic writing skills through effective humanities teaching and learning. Sessions will focus on writing to inform, explain, analytical writing and argumentation.
Resources: example teaching resources, teaching and learning guidance.
04.03.25
