Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.

‘Ok children, time for history.'

Distant moans from the back of the class. Would I be surprised by this reaction? No, not if the teacher was diligently following the QCA guidelines for teaching history. Yes, if the teacher had realised the potential of using drama to teach history and had consequently injected lessons with the life, passion, enjoyment and the relevance that drama can offer. Unfortunately in far too many primary schools the teacher's subservient attachment to the QCA schemes of work...