History
At our school, history is taught as a discipline in which children learn to work as historians. Through carefully structured enquiries, children investigate the past by asking questions, analysing evidence, and developing interpretations about how and why events happened.
Our curriculum is designed using a task design approach, ensuring that learning is accessible to all children. Lessons are carefully sequenced so that each task builds on prior knowledge and supports children in developing both historical knowledge and disciplinary thinking. Through scaffolded activities, discussion, and structured historical enquiries, children learn how to examine sources, recognise different perspectives, and construct evidence-based conclusions.
We place strong emphasis on making connections with prior learning, enabling children to revisit and deepen key historical concepts such as chronology, change and continuity, cause and consequence, and similarity and difference. This cumulative approach helps children develop a coherent understanding of the past over time.
Where possible, our history curriculum is rooted in our local area and community. By exploring local historical sites, people, and events, our children develop a meaningful connection between national and global history and the place in which they live. These contextual links help children see history as relevant, tangible, and part of their own story.
Through this approach, children leave our school with a strong understanding of the past and the ability to think critically, question evidence, and engage with history as active historians.