Supporting Independent Learning in Thinking through History at Thomas Tallis School 

“History is about time and the evidence that has survived. Historians need to work with this evidence and ask questions of it in order to develop substantive knowledge. In so doing they construct meaning through identifying change and continuity, causes and consequences, and the significance of past events. This process is on going and dynamic and results in the continued evolution and emergence of interpretations of the past. History teachers have a duty to unravel this process for young developing minds so that they may begin to understand and engage with developing the mantel of the expert. To understand the world they live in, and to change it for the  better”  This is what we we want to achieve, teachers, students and parents working together in collaboration.

​Welcome to the History at Tallis website for students, parents, and teachers. The primary purpose it to stimulate students to  develop their historical thinking within Thomas Tallis History Department, and to facilitate Independent Learning with parental support at KS3, KS4 and KS5. 

In addition it also aims to contextualise this learning by providing specific information regarding the experience of Learning History at Tallis by encouraging the Historical Threshold Concepts,  Habits of Mind and learning dispositions we wish to encourage in our students through the development of a Tallis Teacher Pedagogy. 

Furthermore it also aims to stimulate thinking about how students, parents and teachers can think more deeply about how  to develop historical knowledge and understanding through their Student Enquiries in referring to Assessment criteria at each Key Stage.