Teach the Six Queens differently CPD day

About this session

As part of our new Teach the Six Queens Differently campaign, sign up for this free CPD day to gain practical strategies, resources, and confidence to teach the six queens differently. Perfect for classroom teachers, ECTs, and trainees and history leads.

• Put women’s history at the heart of your curriculum by using the six queens of Henry VIII as your lens for studying the Tudor period

• The six queens of Henry VIII were more than just wives; learn about their lives before and after Henry.

• Consider different interpretations of the six queens.

• Gain strategies for using the lives of the six queens as a lens for a wider Tudor enquiry.

• Practical classroom ready strategies.

• Opportunity to network and discuss curriculum design with other teachers.

Who is it for

• KS3 history teachers

• KS2 history teachers

• Trainee and early career history teachers

• History leads

What to expect

• Keynote talk from Tracy Borman, Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces.

• Workshops with classroom ready strategies for teaching the six queens differently.

• Time to explore Hampton Court Palace.

• Opportunity to network and discuss curriculum design with other teachers during breaks and workshops.

Curriculum links

• How people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world

• Understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed

• The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

• A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.

Booking information

Where and when

Wednesday 24 March 2027
10:00-16:00
Hampton Court Palace

Price
Free

To book
Book your spot using the form linked below

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