Our History curriculum aims to inspire curiosity and fascination about the past in Britain and the wider world, whilst developing coherent chronological knowledge and an enquiring mind. Our teaching of chronology, helps to develop a sense of identity and a cultural understanding, based on their historical heritage. This enables our children to learn to value their own and other people’s cultures in modern multi-cultural Britain. We aim to provide the children with a rich and diverse history curriculum, equipping them with a coherent knowledge and understanding. Our intention is to encourage children to think critically, ask questions, think and act as historians and evaluate evidence, which allows them to develop a broad understanding of the complexity of people’s lives and historic events. We aim for children to investigate and interpret the past, understand chronology, be able to communicate historically, whilst encompassing the British Values throughout. Local history is threaded throughout our history curriculum and we want our children to develop an appreciation for the people and events that are part of our local, national and international history

In History, we implement an inclusive curriculum that meets the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum whilst inspiring a love of the past and is tailored to meet the needs of our pupils  We use a two year cycle, enabling children to recall and build upon previous learning.

A series of stimulating lessons are planned, with clear knowledge and skills-based learning objectives and subject-specific vocabulary. Teachers assess learning in history against knowledge and skills based learning objectives within unit overviews. Enrichment opportunities, such as inspirational visits, educational visits and events, provide our children with rich experiences and enhance teaching, learning and knowledge.

Each lesson contains revision, introducing new knowledge and skills  as well historical interpretation . This helps pupils to build on their prior knowledge as well as introduce new knowledge and skills.

The knowledge and skills  pupils need to acquire has been organised around key concepts which are revisited as pupils’ progress through key stage 1 and 2.

• Chronology
• Evidence and interpretation
• Cause and consequence
• Change and continuity
• Similarity and difference
• Historical Significance

Assessment

Assessment, recording and monitoring is ongoing throughout the year.

We measure the impact of our Geography curriculum through the following

• Use of recorded retrieval practice
• Pupil discussions and gathering pupil voice
• Monitoring of lessons
• Book trawls

Structure of a lesson

History lessons will

• Recap of previous learning
• Teach new knowledge and skills
• Be interactive
• Include opportunity to apply new knowledge and skills
• Include problem solving opportunities
• Include recap of knowledge and skills learnt

EYFS 

History is delivered to Foundation Stage pupils within the Knowledge and Understanding of the World Area of Learning through a cross curricular topic based approach at various points throughout the academic year