History
INTENT: With history, our tree has roots.
INTENT STATEMENT:
The purpose of our curriculum is to inspire all children to acquire knowledge and skills and to ignite a lifelong love of learning. We celebrate the cultural capital that our community brings to learning and build on this to broaden children’s understanding of the world. Our commitment to providing equality of opportunity ensures that rich experiences and enhancements are embedded throughout the curriculum.
IMPLEMENTATION:
At Key Stages 1 and 2, history is personalised, planned and illustrated through our history Curriculum Map, progression of knowledge & skills, knowledge organisers and essential knowledge documents. Lessons are sequenced using Kapow History scheme of work as the foundation and in line with the National Curriculum. Assessment outcomes and questionnaire findings have helped mould our curriculum priorities and focus on the needs of our children.
We ensure we cover chronological knowledge, Knowledge & understanding of events, people & changes in the past and historical enquiry and interpretation.
Our history schema is a way of organising history knowledge in a meaningful way; it is an appreciation of how facts are connected and the ways in which they are connected, thus we support history teaching with resources (artefacts) in school, fiction and non-fiction text, along with a range of enrichment and enhancement opportunities to support children’s understanding. Lessons are delivered through a six-part lesson structure, which is shown on the medium term plan and presentation slides. Teachers have pedagogical choices for lesson delivery using this structure and resources available to them.
Our aims are to prepare our children for life, helping them to know and value who they are and understand how they relate to other people in this ever-changing world.
IMPACT:
Impact on Children:
We want the children to know more and remember more. They will know more about their place in the history of our town, of the UK and of the world through our sequencing of learning following Kapow’s progressive structure. The children build up their cumulative knowledge as key themes of Settlement, Legacy, Rulers/Monarchs and Society are revisited throughout our history curriculum. We want the children to be inspired to make a difference in the future as they learn from the past.
Impact on Attainment and Progress:
The curriculum demands the best possible outcomes in History from every child. From each individual child’s starting point, progress is evident.
Evaluation and Impact on our Curriculum:
Subjects are taught discretely to ensure specific concepts are the focus. Links are made across curriculum subjects so that skills can be applied in different contexts where possible.
Evaluation of our Impact on our World:
- Our children are inspired to achieve their full potential; have their voices heard and effect change.
- Assemblies and enhancement & enrichment activities are linked to history throughout the academic year.
- History & Understanding the world displays throughout school reinforce the history curriculum.