History
Intent
- Inspire pupil's curiosity to know more about the past, developing a knowledge and understanding of their local history, Britain’s past, and that of the wider world.
- Develop children's knowledge about people and events from a variety of perspectives: including Britain and the wider world, considering a range of perspectives: Political, Economic, Religious, Social, Scientific/Technological, Cultural/Artistic.
- Develop pupil's language, skills and vocabulary needed to express their historical knowledge and understanding.
- Develop children's understanding of chronology, knowledge of key facts, significant people and places in history.
- Develop children's knowledge, links and awareness of how events that happened in the past have affected and shaped our lives today.
Implementation
- The National Curriculum for history is taught to all year groups.
- A clear progression in knowledge, skills and vocabulary is taught throughout the school to ensure coverage is met, the sequence builds on skills and progression is clear.
- Trio Time is used to retrieve and reinforce previously taught knowledge in order to consolidate prior learning. It also used as an assessment strategy.
- Key vocabulary is shared and discussed at the start of each lesson and revisited in future lessons.
- Teachers assess and adapt learning for all groups of learners, specifically providing support and challenge for SEND and PP children.
- Inquiry based history activities stimulate children's curiosity and independence.
- Children visit local historic sites so they can experience first-hand the scale and texture of real lives in the past.
- Links are made to wider parts of the curriculum when they naturally fit but this is never forced to ensure deep levels of history knowledge and skills are always prioritised.
Impact
- Children are curious and passionate about their learning in history with an ever-growing skill, knowledge and vocabulary set.
- Children are able to effectively use age appropriate historical vocabulary.
- Outcomes in history books evidences a broad and balanced history curriculum demonstrating children’s acquisition of identified key knowledge, vocabulary and a progression in skills.
- Increased pupil engagement and enjoyment in history- pupil voice shows a range of different teaching methods to engage all learners.
- Children understand their local history and can talk confidently about aspects of it.