History

History is about understanding the past, to help understand the present and the future. This begins with guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community.

We aim to help children to learn about their own history, the history of their locality, as well as events which have made major changes nationally and in the wider world. We equip children with the knowledge, skills and vocabulary to

ask questions, think critically, weigh evidence and develop persepctive and judgement, to provide an understanding of chronology and knowledge of significant people and events. 

Our curriculum is designed to enable children to make links between different era's enabling pupils to  be able to organise their knowledge, skills and understanding around the following learning concepts:

• Investigating and interpreting the past – recognising that our understanding of the past comes from an interpretation of the available evidence.

• Building an overview of world history – involving an appreciation of the characteristic features of the past and that these features are similar and different across time periods, and an understanding that life is different for different        sections of society.

• Understanding chronology – understanding of how to chart the passing of time and how some aspects of history happened at similar times in different places.

• Communicating historically – using historical vocabulary and techniques to convey information about the past.