WHY SHOULD YOUR CHILD STUDY HISTORY?  

History fires children’s curiosity and imagination, moving and inspiring them with the dilemmas, choices and beliefs of people in the past. It helps them develop their own identities through an understanding of history at personal, local, national and international levels.   It helps them to ask and answer questions of the present by engaging with the past.   They develop a chronological overview that enables them to make connections within and across different periods and societies.    

THE KEY STAGE 3 HISTORY HOMESCHOOLING COURSE

Our brand new Key Stage 3 History homeschooling course, available from October, has been written specifically to cover the Key Stage 3 History curriculum.   The course has been designed to be highly accessible for all abilities, with an emphasis on providing students with feedback on where they’re at and showing them how to progress. The course is both stimulating and engaging for your child and is designed to fire their imaginations about the past and the lessons which can be learned from it.    

ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT

At the end of each unit in the course there is an assignment for your child to complete and send to their tutor for marking and feedback.   A SATS level will be given for each assignment so that you are able to track your child’s progress in preparation for the next stage in their education.    

COURSE OVERVIEW

There are a number of key concepts that underpin the study of history. Your child needs to understand these concepts in order to deepen and broaden their knowledge, skills and understanding.  

Chronological understanding

• Understanding and using appropriately dates, vocabulary and conventions that describe historical periods and the passing of time.
• Developing a sense of period through describing and analysing the relationships between the characteristic features of periods and societies.  
• Building a chronological framework of periods and using this to place new knowledge in its historical context.  

Cultural, ethnic and religious diversity  

• Understanding the diverse experiences and ideas, beliefs and attitudes of men, women and children in past societies and how these have shaped the world.  

Change and continuity

• Identifying and explaining change and continuity within and across periods of history. 

Cause and consequence  

• Analysing and explaining the reasons for, and results of, historical events, situations and changes.  

Significance  

• Considering the significance of events, people and developments in their historical context and in the present day.  

Interpretation  

• Understanding how historians and others form interpretations.
• Understanding why historians and others have interpreted events, people and situations in different ways through a range of media.
• Evaluating a range of interpretations of the past to assess their validity.    

WHAT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE DOES MY CHILD NEED?

The course assumes a level of literacy ability appropriate for a child entering the Key Stage 3 of their education.  

HOW LONG WILL THE COURSE TAKE?  

We have designed the Key Stage 3 History course to be taken over TWO YEARS rather than the three years normally taken in a standard classroom setting.   Our teaching methodology and systems allows us to provide an accelerated route for the majority of our students. They will enable your child to progress to the next stage of their education a year earlier than they would have been able to in a traditional school.

COURSE FEES

Course fees are shown here.