History
History teaching at Bloxwich Primary Academy 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.
Intent
At Bloxwich Primary Academy, we aim to implement a strong and in depth History Curriculum, which builds a love of History and builds on prior knowledge. We aim to inspire curiosity and a love of discovery, to help the children develop their knowledge of British History, while also celebrating and learning about the richness and diversity of the wider world.
Children will be helped to develop a range of methods for historical enquiry while learning about Historical moments within their living memory and beyond. Building on from prior learning, the children will then go on to learn about ancient civilisations, cultures and significant Historical figures, in a way that is immersive, challenging and encourages active learning and investigation. We want to create a love of History in all our children, we aim to do this through range of learning opportunities in and out of class.
Overview
History teaching at Bloxwich Primary Academy 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 21st century 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.
Progression Skills
At the end of Early Years, children at the expected level of development will be able to:
- Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society;
- Identify some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class;
- And understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling.
By the end of key stage 1, children at the expected level of development will be able to:
- Know and understand the history of Britain from the earliest times to the present day;
- Know significant aspects of the history of the wider world;
- Gain a historically grounded understanding of terms;
- Understand historical concepts such as similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives;
- Understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used;
- Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts.
By the end of key stage 2, children at the expected level of development will:
- Know and understand the chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world;
- Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world;
- Gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms;
- Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, and use them to analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses;
- Understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims; · Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history.
Useful Links
Cornerstones Curriculum - https://cornerstoneseducation.co.uk/
https://www.history.org.uk/primary/resource/3620/primary-topic-websites
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/
http://www.show.me.uk/type/interactive_game
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1history.html
https://besthistorysites.net/general-history-resources/games-animations/
Homework
Some elements of History knowledge are taught through reading and writing and tasks for homework may be linked.
