History
How we teach History
We have identified the key knowledge, skills and topics required to give a broad and balanced history curriculum for our children and this is cross referenced to, and in line with, national curriculum expectations.
Enrichment opportunities are provided throughout and beyond our history curriculum for all pupils through the use of high-quality resources and historical artefacts, carefully planned visitors, workshops and visits both locally and nationally. We are incredibly fortunate that in our local area we can see and engage with historical places of interest such as Burtonwood Airbase.
We use the National Curriculum to plan our History curriculum.
What your child will learn
- A thorough knowledge of timelines and how they are used to map events
- A wide-ranging historical vocabulary
- An ability to interpret history, develop conclusions and communicate their findings in a variety of ways
- An understanding of events that have helped shape the world we live in
- Enquiry skills that enable them to answer focused historical questions, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed
- An understanding of how historical events have impacted upon the local area