The Raleigh School: ACTION PLAN FOR HISTORY 2017 - 2020

Subject Leader(s): Alex Keen Subject Governor: Renos Pittarides

Development target Action Needed Monitoring & Training and Time scale Annual Review
(Highlight when achieved & Team Responsible Budget comments
comment)
1. To monitor the Sharing of exemplars in staff SL and governor High standard of
handwriting and meetings. learning walk or spelling – inc year
spelling focus across Regular reminders to staff. book look. group non-negotiables
the curriculum in all Book looks or learning walks Cross curricular as well as subject
topic books to ensure focussing on displayed work spelling and specific vocab.
cross-curricular work as well as topic books. presentation focus
is of the highest for all formal
quality. observations (LT)
2. To ensure that topic As part of staff meeting, share AK to review Ongoing
work is planned with ideas and approaches for planning termly to
differentiation differentiating topic work and check for
wherever possible for evidencing this in books. differentiation and
writing activities scope of work
across the curriculum,
ensuring expectations
are high and children
are challenged.
Differentiation should
be evident in planning
as well as work.
3. Ensure geography Monitor Curriculum Overview AK ongoing
supports the school’s and Medium-Term Planning to
work on equality, ensure that children are KH & CT
diversity and the learning about a diverse range
International Schools of cultures and nations. Liaise
Award. with CT and KH regarding
International Schools Award.
4. To monitor the new Review implementation with all AK – to monitor Ongoing .
History National staff – are our new topics curriculum
Curriculum 2014 working well? Do we need to planning.
make any further changes to
the curriculum?
5. Ensure that History is With the new curriculum in AK / All Staff Training for staff, 2017/2018 academic
taught in a creative mind, look at current practice AK - Walkabout – especially new year
way using a range of and share good ideas amongst possibly with members of staff
resources to develop staff. governor to ensure
children’s knowledge, Staff meeting input on impact AK - Team consistency of Spring term
understanding and of new curriculum, topic teaching/ approach
skills. themes, use of story/ role play/ modelling of
drama. teaching
Observation of classroom
practice.
6. Promote use of Staff to be made aware of AK 2017/2018 academic
artefacts (from resources from Chertsey year
Chertsey Museum) to museum.
develop children’s
investigative and
thinking skills