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Ten-Minute Subject Monitoring: Primary History
Ten-Minute Subject Monitoring: Primary History
Struggling to get release time to monitor History or having to complete subject monitoring in your PPA? This Ten-Minute Subject Monitoring in History Pack provides a solution to the challenges of having a high level of accountability as a primary subject leader but not having the time to complete the monitoring activities necessary - often because of factors beyond your control, such as the school budget, booking supply or getting cover.
Ten-minute subject monitoring works by identifying different time slots where you can be away from your teaching commitments in order to conduct a precise and focused subject monitoring activity on one element, such as a book look focusing on one strand of the History curriculum or a single 10-minute lesson drop-in. So rather than trying to find a full afternoon's cover to conduct a term or half-term's worth of monitoring, you can spread monitoring across a term by choosing slots where teaching and learning in your own classroom won't be impacted.
Aimed at primary History subject leads (or those line managing a History subject leader), this pack walks you through the entire process and is full of ideas on how to find and utilise ten-minute time slots for subject monitoring, as well as what you should be looking for in your monitoring when it comes to substantive knowledge and concepts, disciplinary knowledge and concepts, plus the chronological knowledge and historical terms and phenomena pupils need to grasp.
Want to know what's inside the pack? View a preview version of the guidance and accompanying template to get a deeper understanding of how ten-minute subject monitoring can help you!
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What's included in this bundle?
Aimed at primary schools subject leaders, this pack contains a 19-page guidance PDF and a fully editable and adaptable 11-page History subject monitoring template that talks you through how to successfully monitor teaching and learning in History if you don't have dedicated subject leadership time or if you're not able get release from or cover for your classroom commitments.
The guidance will walk you through what ten-minute subject monitoring is and how to find a time slot within your school day in order to conduct a short, sharp and focused monitoring session on History. These activities can then be repeated in different classes or with different pupils across the term. It'll support you on how to conduct each type of subject monitoring activity, including:
- 10-minute lesson drop-ins
- Pupil voice activities
- Book scrutiny on skills and knowledge within a single unit or topic of History
- Book and work scrutiny on progression of History knowledge and skills over time
- Curriculum planning scrutiny on a single thread of the curriculum
- Staff feedback without the need for surveys
- Learning environment walks
- History for different groups of pupils, such as those with SEND, those who are disadvantaged or those who are working at a greater depth
- Personal development in History
The accompanying editable template is structured to mirror the pack contents with prompts and guides to help you when completing the monitoring activities.
The pack also explores the fundamental aspects of a strong History curriculum that History subject leaders need to know when monitoring, including:
- Substantive knowledge (e.g. facts and information about the past)
- Substantive concepts (e.g. common factors across different time periods, such as rulers or settlements)
- Disciplinary knowledge (how historians study the past)
- Disciplinary concepts (e.g. cause, consequence, similarities and differences, and interpreting historical evidence)
- Chronological knowledge (e.g. when events took place, in which order and why)
- Historical terms (e.g. labels given to historical events, such as The Blitz)
- Historical phenomena (e.g. how similar features can be seen in different historical periods)
Grounded in research such as Ofsted's subject research review series, this pack will guide you to monitor teaching and learning in History in order to work on any improvements needed, report back to SLT and governors and to celebrate the impact you and your team are having on pupil outcomes
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Who will find this resource useful?
History subject leaders, whether new or experienced, will find this pack extremely useful, as would anyone holding responsibility for monitoring teaching and learning in History, such as a humanities lead or another form of curriculum leader.
Heads, SLT and those with oversight of the quality of education will also find this useful if looking to support their subject leaders to find time to monitor their subjects without the budgetary pressures and time constraints of booking supply or getting classroom cover.
What questions does this pack have the answers to?
The pack explores the key aspects of monitoring in History as well as how ten-minute subject monitoring works.
Key questions answered include:
- What documents form the basis of subject monitoring in History?
- What is substantive knowledge in History?
- What are substantive concepts in History?
- What is disciplinary knowledge in History?
- What are disciplinary concepts in History?
- What should I be aware of when monitoring History?
- How does ten-minute subject monitoring work?
- Where can I find ten minutes in the school day to conduct a subject monitoring activity?
- What else should I consider before conducting ten-minute subject monitoring?
- What different types of ten-minute monitoring activities can I undertake in History?
- What should I do once I’ve conducted my monitoring activities in History?
What else can help me?
Browse all Honeyguide's history and subject leadership resources for more support.
Can I view a sample of this resource?
Yes, you can few a sample version of the entire pack here: Ten-Minute Subject Monitoring: History Sample Preview.