History
Our history curriculum has been developed by working with experts in the field, reading supporting documents from the DfE and national curriculum, understanding our local context and listening to what is important to our pupils. We have identified a small number of core substantive themes that pupils at the academy will focus on and revisit so that they build an understanding of how these abstract concepts change throughout history. These themes include chronology, civilisation, settlement, society, achievement and folly, power and conflict. Disciplinary knowledge is integrated throughout the curriculum so that pupils become confident in thinking like a historian. Pupils develop their knowledge about how historians investigate the past, and how they construct historical claims, arguments and accounts.
It is our aim through teaching History that children will develop a firm understanding of the broad and diverse history the world possesses. To support this, cross-curricular links are made and the connections that come from examining historical sources and thinking critically about past events help to facilitate depth of understanding. The breadth of the History coverage enables all children to learn about events which relate to their own, and others’, backgrounds through local area studies and wider world history content. We believe in the importance of delivering history teaching that cultivates history detectives and encourages children to consider a range of perspectives when discussing historical events, helping to form knowledgeable and understanding citizens.
We seek to enhance the teaching of our History curriculum by offering opportunities for enrichment, through visits to historical sites, places of interest and inviting guest speakers and workshops into school.