Curriculum Statement

Intent

Our history curriculum is designed to instil a love of History in our children. We want our pupils to gain a knowledge of historical facts alongside the skills needed to be an analytical and critical thinker. Our programme of study is broadly based upon The National Curriculum, but enhanced to ensure our coverage is relevant to our school and the surrounding area. We are keen to make links with local history and topics which will inspire and interest our learners. We aim to provide an interesting and varied curriculum that interests and intrigues our children while meeting the needs of all backgrounds, cultures and abilities. From EYFS up to the end of KS2, the children will be taught about various historical events, where they take place within a historical timeline and famous historical figures, some of which have shaped the world today. We will, where possible, link History to other subject areas. We will monitor progress regularly through learning walks, lesson visits, book scrutiny and pupil voice.

Implementation

We will regularly monitor our provision, and adjust and make improvements as needed. We will ensure that our Long term planning and front sheets/knowledge organisers are used effectively to plan a progressive set of lessons designed to give children the best experience of the topic as possible. Where appropriate we use historical artefacts, visitors, workshops and visits to excite and intrigue our children to find out more about events and people from the past. We aim to give our children as much understanding as possible about what is was like to be around at a particular period in history by having practical and experiential lessons where possible. Teachers will make regular reference to previous learning to ensure that it remains of interest, this might be done through a class story or role play area linked to topic previously studied. Each class will display a timeline showing the topics that the children have studied, this will be informally enhanced throughout the year with dates of interest as and when they occur.

Impact

Through the high quality first teaching of History taking place, we will see the impact of the subject in different ways. Through pupil voice children will be able to talk about the skills and knowledge they have acquired. Children will be engaged in History lessons and want to find out more. Children will complete research independently through projects and homework and to further their own enjoyment about the subject or topic. The school environment will be history rich through displays, resources, vocabulary etc.

As historians, children will learn lessons from history to influence the decisions they make in their lives in the future. Assessments and monitoring will show standards in History will be high and will match standards in other subject areas.