Teaching Historical Enquiry at KS1

About this session

Join this free CPD session to gain practical strategies, resources, and confidence for teaching historical enquiry with KS1 pupils. Perfect for classroom teachers, ECTs, and trainees. This session will include:

Understanding enquiry at KS1
Explore what historical enquiry means in practice and why it matters to your students.

Hands-on examples and free resources
Using our free Significant Individuals resources, we’ll walk through planning an enquiry, from designing a sequence of lessons to using historical sources effectively with KS1 pupils.

Confidence with tackling wider themes
Discover how enquiry can also open the door to themes such as evidence, gender, disability, migration, and empire - always explored in safe, age-appropriate ways.

Who is it for?

• KS1 teachers
• Primary history leads 
• Early Career Teachers (ECTs) 
• Trainee teachers  

What to expect 

• A short introduction from Historic Royal Palaces 
• An interactive 30-35 minute presentation from Mr T Does Primary History 
• 5-10 minutes for Q&A 
• A downloadable resource toolkit to support planning and implementation 

National Curriculum links 

• Historical enquiry 
• Using sources as evidence 
• Significant individuals 
• Aspect or theme in British history that extends beyond 1066 

Booking information

Where and when
Online
Thursday 20 November 2025, 15.45-16.45 

Price
Free

To book
Complete this booking form linked below