In this blog, we will be discussing how the implementation of a bespoke history timeline as part of your school’s history curriculum can help you keep your pupils engaged every second in the classroom. With the use of bespoke designed, engaging graphics paired with easy-to-comprehend information, this guarantees pupils an improved learning experience whilst developing a better understanding of history.
Why Is A History Timeline An Absolute Must For Your School?
Across the UK, pu
pils begin their history education at Key Stage 1 and carry the study with them through to Key Stage 3, starting with the development of vocabulary and knowledge that is used to comprehend the world of history enabling them to progress towards a deeper understanding of local, national and global history.
Since 2011, with the ‘History for All’ report Ofsted have placed a focus on the National History Curriculum. With this ramping up as the years have progressed, and now with children returning to school for their first full year since the outbreak of Covid-19 a vital aspect of this curriculum is stated to be interactive learning, allowing the teachers and the pupils to get a more hands-on approach to teaching and learning history.
“Although pupils in primary schools generally had good knowledge of particular topics and episodes in history, their chronological understanding and their ability to make links across the knowledge they had gained were weaker.”
– ‘History for All’ report by Ofsted, 2011
This is something we have directly found to be a challenge for many of the schools we work alongside. With children lacking a coherent understanding of chronological history, they are unable to fit together a timeline of events from around the world and instead view historical events as individuals, lessening the active impact they may have had on each other over time.
Impress With Our History Timeline For Schools On Your Next Ofsted Inspection
Being able to bring together a class of children to focus on a subject is a key skill of any teacher and one Ofsted will always be looking for when they partake in an inspection. This focus is not always something that can be done in a more traditional way of learning and takes a little extra motivation. This can be achieved in many ways depending on the teacher, however, for the subject of history, our bespoke history timelines are a key component to every pupil connecting all the events they are taught into one easy-to-understand and artistic display.
Bringing a primary focus on interactive learning, our history timelines for schools are a perfect way to get all pupils active within the classroom and interacting with the past, allowing for further growth and development in an engaging way. With the added inclusion of features such as whiteboards, magnetic and 3D elements the implementation of one of our interactive history timelines for your school will be seen as an exciting part of all pupils’ learning journey.
Our aim for every History Timeline is to represent the exact history the school will be teaching throughout their curriculum and portray it in a way that aligns perfectly with the schools branding ensuring every piece of artwork and information becomes a part of the school’s pre-existing displays while still standing out in such a way that will excite pupils into learning.
Based in Crewe, Cheshire Education Office works directly with schools throughout the UK to develop a full array of branding and educational tools. Working with both primary and high schools, we have designed and manufactured bespoke history timelines that align perfectly with their chosen history curriculum, assisting them in and around the classroom.
Bespoke History Timelines For Primary Schools
Building the crucial knowledge that is taught to pupils in their early year’s foundation stage allows them access to the knowledge and vocabulary needed to develop an understanding of the world they are a part of, then allowing them further access to the content throughout Key Stage two.
With an open curriculum at such a young age, the study of history allows for a flourish of creativity throughout the pupil’s development meaning, that not all learning has to be done through typical methods. The inclusion of our interactive history timelines for your primary school develops this creativity in every pupil, giving them a chance to not only learn the world’s chronology but the encouragement to build on their social skills as they get involved within the open expression in the classroom.
Bespoke History Timelines For High Schools
Once pupils have progressed through to Key Stage 3, their history study hours have usually progressed to anywhere between 2 and 4 hours per fortnight, allowing for a more complex understanding of larger topics and detailed knowledge of events whether they be local, national or global.
This wider study creates broader imagery of the world within pupils’ minds connecting events and historical figures that helped create the world we are in today. Although well taught this information can at times come across to students as separate events and pupils are not able to make the fluid connections that pushed the world forward over time.
Over time with more and more knowledge being bestowed on to the students this disconnect of events can become more apparent, this is why we feel the introduction of our graphical timeline into your high school would benefit your pupil’s understanding of the world and events that helped shape it, being a useful tool for all teachers to create an interactive classroom, to generate excitement around learning history and altering the style of teaching for each individual student.
How Do We Create Our History Timelines For Your School?
Step #1 Creative Design
As with all Education Office displays, a key component is the location of the history timeline within the school. Able to be fitted anywhere throughout most schools we ensure our designs are created to perfectly fit the designated area no matter its scale, shape or surface.
Once the placement area has been agreed upon and measurements are taken, our design team will get to work utilising the full force of our creativity whilst maintaining the appearance of your school branding to develop a history timeline that aligns with your school’s history curriculum, chosen time periods and significant figures.
Working to ensure all information is accurate our designers will source and create imagery to best suit your school, communicating with you every step of the way to make sure nothing is out of place and your bespoke history timeline engages all of your pupils.
We understand all schools are completely unique and therefore have a unique set of requirements for their history timeline whether that be design style, curriculum requirements, teaching methods or pupil learning ability. Due to this, we pride ourselves on creating all history timelines bespoke to your requirements giving you a timeline to be proud of.
Step #2 Print & Manufacturing
Once the design for your bespoke history timeline has been finalised and you are ready to proceed, all artwork will be printed and manufactured in-house here at Education Office to your bespoke requirements ensuring the highest quality.
When producing any timeline there are many options available depending on where it will be situated, each school’s individual requirements and budget. Usually, history timelines are fitted internally and are therefore printed onto high-tac, durable wall vinyl, applied directly to the wall. Alternatively, if your history timeline is to be situated externally or on an internal wall that is not smooth we can print onto a range of rigid materials ensuring they are hard lasting, durable and weatherproof.
If you are looking to elevate the look and feel of your timeline and create something that is truly engaging, then there are unlimited possibilities for what we can create to achieve this. From 3D physical elements included in the timeline to full illumination, we will work to encapsulate your vision no matter what it may be.
Step #3 Installation
The most exciting and conclusive part of the project. Working across the UK our expert installation team will arrive at a pre-agreed date and time to professionally install the history timeline for your school. We understand that at times it can be difficult to facilitate the installation within school hours, therefore we are completely flexible and can arrange a date and time to suit as we pride ourselves in flexibility and excellent customer service.
In Conclusion
Just as historical events have had an impact worldwide, so can Education Office with our bespoke graphical timelines for schools, being able to work with schools across the whole of the UK. We pride ourselves on designing and manufacturing only the most high-quality timelines to aid your pupils in learning the history curriculum and being able to build that knowledge into a chronological timeline.
To book a free consultation and kickstart your new way of teaching, simply get in touch with our team today! Call us on 01270 252 106 or email us at sales@designoffice.co.uk and we will look forward to helping you and your pupils build a graphical history timeline you’re proud of!
FAQ
Can I Get A History Timeline For My School In The UK?
Yes, here at Education Office we are able to design, manufacture and install our bespoke history timelines for schools anywhere around the UK.
Will A History Timeline Improve My School’s Ofsted Rating?
It’s been widely acknowledged that the implementation of interactive learning features such as our history timelines for schools helps promote pupil-teacher interaction within the classroom, this creates a more focused and lively environment for children to learn within, a key component that is checked during Ofsted Inspections.
Can A History Timeline Align With My History Curriculum?
Our bespoke history timelines are always designed to be perfectly aligned with your school’s exact history curriculum, with the inclusion of any historical events or figures that may be required for teaching.
Can My School’s History Timeline Be Interactive?
Ofcourse! We will work with you to create a historical timeline that is completely bespoke to your school, there is no limit to what can be achieved and we enjoy the process of creating something new and dynamic.
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