SHP Support for Primary History
Michael Riley announces SHP's support for Primary History ...
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Changing School History
SHP Director, Michael Riley writes "At last we’ve had an announcement on the future of the curriculum – well 14-16 at least. And for SHP, the priority now is to engage fully in the consultation process, to work with Awarding Organisations and HE bodies in the development of specifications and, further down the line, to provide the resources and professional development that will guarantee an impro...
Read More »History Around Us
How did you become fascinated by history? For me, it was Mr Mumford’s history walks. Mr Mumford, my history teacher at secondary school, liked doing history in muddy boots. In his history lessons we explored the history around us in the Central Pennines: ruined mills, handloom weavers’ cottages, pre-industrial causeways, the canal, the Roman road...
Read More »Schools History Project turns 40
This afternoon, I took my A level history group to an archaeological dig at a local Iron Age hill fort. Then, as I drove home, I reflected on how so much of what we’d done at Ham Hill was based on SHP principles ...
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