History

Our school vision is Explore, Dream, Discover: be the best that you can be. Through History lessons, children will explore how the past has shaped the world around them and how they can continue to shape it in the future. We cover a wide range of themes that are of the most relevance and interest to our pupils, meaning that by the end of their time with us they will have a good historical knowledge of local, national and world history.  We are fortunate to live in a place that is rich in both local and national history; we use this as an opportunity to provide children with experiential learning on their doorstep, as well as exploring historical events beyond the UK.  Children are taught to use a variety of historical concepts which further develop their knowledge and thinking to prepare them for their next stage of learning. 

Each history unit is launched with a ‘big question’ to hook children and inspire their curiosity.   A question where the answer is unknown at the beginning of the unit, but the children will be able to answer by the end. In their quest to answer the big question children will examine a range of primary and secondary sources. Children interpret, question and explain these sources with the ability to communicate their understanding as a developing historian.

As children move through the school, their knowledge grows across timelines. We are a small school with mixed age classes that use contexts for learning to plan our curriculum, therefore it is not always possible to teach in chronological order but through explicit teaching from staff children are able to establish clear narratives across the periods they study. 

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