History

What is History?

History teaching at Holly Grove follows our belief that all children have access to and receive a high quality broad and balanced curriculum regardless of ability, additional needs, race, gender or background.

A high-quality history education will help pupils prepare for life as citizens of 21century Britain. It is through knowledge of how our society came to be that we can successfully prepare for the future. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.

Through our skills based curriculum, children will learn about the rich British history from the Stone Age through to the Viking era along with key events in our history beyond 1066, this provides wonderful opportunities to investigate British Values and how they, along with our society, have been shaped. In their learning, children will also investigate the history of societies from the wider world to help promote respect and tolerance for other cultures and beliefs.

Aims

All children

Follow the programme of study for the National Curriculum
Work across a range of British eras from the Stone Age to The Vikings with knowledge extended to include post 1066 learning and non-European study units.
Use first and second hand sources to develop skills of enquiry, analysis and communicate an opinion.
Develop an understanding of chronology.
Acquire historical vocabulary in the use of sources, chronology and unit specific.
Develop a love of history and understand it's importance to our own lives.
Assess their learning.

How History links with our Torch Values

holly grove torch values in history.pdf

What our children say about History

Intent

Our history curriculum aims to develop a knowledge and understanding of the past through the use of historical skills, vocabulary and eras and events chosen to capture imagination and interest.

History Curriculum Intent

Implementation

In order for children to develop a strong, secure history knowledge and understanding we build introduce and revisit key skills from EYFS through to Y5/6. The order of the pathway may be different but all elements will still be covered.

What to expect in a lesson

What you can expect to see in a unit of work

Our History Curriculum

The document below shows a planned teaching sequence that a unit of history lessons may follow to promote the sequential and progressive development of knowledge which can be securely demonstrated by our pupils.

History two year overview

History curriculum skills and knowledge

History vocabulary