Summer 2026 

Another local history walk 2nd June - exploring the history of Lord Street and the Marine Lake 

Autumn 2025

Local history walk - October 20th

Early days of Southport - first holiday buildings and the River Nile

Summer 2025

LJMU - We've got to walk about Empire - a course about this fabulous resource - see the links below

We were able to squeeze in an activity on this with Y6 before the end of term!

History Quality Mark - process - this helps us to keep our 'eye on the ball' - we are currently applying for re-designation

Spring term 2025

DL attended this WW2 session

Staff INSET session on 5th March

This included how we develop recall and discussion of methods of adapting learning for those who struggle and also those who already thrive- this ranges from History Ambassador input to our use of class and local libraries to encourage independent research

Autumn term 2024

National College online training sessions - OFSTED subject report for History

All staff have termly recall sheets - hidden treasure provided to use 

Recall tasks being developed and shared with staff - see examples below 

New staff teaching History - individual support sessions

Y4 - joint planning to ensure focus on recall and adaptation

Summer term 2024

LJMU Subject Leader Meeting

- sharing good practice

Staff training - discussion and design of new Hidden Treasure sheets to aid recall

Spring term 2024

DL attending course on zoom 

Autumn term 2023

DL attended Edgehill History Network Group Meeting 16.10.23

Shared how we use History Ambassadors to raise the profile of history within the school - and how they support our younger pupils

Shared how we use projects to challenge and stretch 

Got great new resource to help develop inference in KS1 along with other links regarding a range of issues

Summer term 2023

Staff questionnaire -

_{All staff - who teach history - given a questionnaire to pin point any areas where support and/or training required - individual help given} 

23rd May - meeting with Sue Latimer from Southport Heritage to discuss development of resources and activities at the Atkinson 

Southport Learning Partnership History Cluster Meeting 25th April

DL attended

Spring term 2023

28.03.23 LMJU training - Stuart Tiffany  - chronology focus 

DL attended the lecture below

Autumn 2022 - Summer 2023

LJMU - History Subject Leader Group 

Edge Hill University - History Subject Support Sessions 

Termly meetings with sharing platforms

DL attends to develop links with these universities and their  training centres for the next generation of teachers - sharing good practice with local networks of teachers and university staff.

Below is the video we have created to help train new teachers along with a video created for

Holocaust Memorial Day to share with other schools 

Summer 2022

June  -  Staff INSET - chronology tasks and exploring why history is important - second order skills

 Historical Association Quality Mark 

This process has been an ongoing training experience for several years - culminating in the application for gold status in July this year. It has led to a range of new approaches - one example being the class timeline posters  - one of which is below 

Autumn 2021

Rich seams - 3 words staff training - PowerPoint and display

DL modelling how to play 'histingo' - a game which develops the use of chronology vocabulary - aimed at making knowledge stick and strengthening connections with prior learning. 

Summer 2021

Staff meeting outlined 2021 priorities

New chronology tasks shared with staff - developing comparisons between eras

November 25th 2020

Subject Leader zoom training with School Improvement Liverpool

DL attended session about 'filling the gaps' caused by lockdown - focus on skills 

Summer 2020 and October 2020

Training power point shared with staff and staff meeting held on TEAMS 6th October

Covering priority areas of e.g. diversity, pupils choice (democratising our approach) and extended writing

April 2020

Independent enquiries developed for all Junior classes - Ancient Greeks, Vikings, Victorians and Ancient Maya.

Summer 2019

Peterloo full day INSET from the Historical Association (free) 

At People's History Museum Manchester attended by DL to explore this important event in our local history and how to include this in our curriculum

Staff INSET to discuss and feedback on staff history survey: Let's get ready for history 2019-2020

We discussed the checklist of how to prepare history units and what to include and from the survey how to give individual support to staff

Autumn 2018

Parliament Week INSET

Learning more about the history and workings of Parliament and activities to develop understanding in schools.

Summer 2018

Snapshots of local history: a series of three sessions about Southport

Subject leader updating knowledge of local area for unit being taught with Y6 in 2018-19

Whole school CPD led by History Subject Leader

Opportunity to experience activities that can be used with pupils to develop history skills and to discuss the importance of history within the curriculum and how to be more skills focused.

Spring 2018

Teacher Ambassador Programme at the House of Commons follow up session  (free course)

Sharing what we have done in St Philip's with the new cohort of Teacher Ambassadors whilst also getting new ideas about how to proceed in the future.

Teacher briefing at Liverpool World Museum (free)

Learning about the Terracotta Warriors and the workshops offered for the duration of the exhibition

Teacher briefing for the Viking Exhibition at the Atkinson (free INSET) (Mrs Jellicoe)

Learning about the Viking Year 4 Unit, local context and sessions for children

Autumn 2017

History/Geography Cluster Twilight Meeting (free INSET)

Training to use resources on the Lancashire Moodle

Lunt Meadows Twilight session (free INSET)

Learning about the Stone Age site at Lunt Meadows

Summer 2017

Teacher Ambassador Programme at the House of Commons (free course)

Training to develop pupils' knowledge and understanding of how Parliament and democracy works.

The Atkinson (free INSET)

Learning what the Atkinson can offer schools

Subject Leader meetings with class teachers

Briefing staff about our new history resources and how they can help develop history skills and pupils' sense of chronology.