History
“A high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. 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.”
Primary National Curriculum for History 2014
HISTORY CURRICULUM STATEMENT
At Alfriston Primary School, our History teaching sparks children's curiosity about the past. Learning about our history and the history of others, plays an essential role in preparing us for living and working in the contemporary world. We teach children about history to ensure they understand how past events and the work of significant individuals have influenced our lives today. Pupils consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like, how these societies organised their politics, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people's actions. As they do this, children develop a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people.
OUR CURRCIULUM INTENT FOR HISTORY
Our intent is to teach children about the diversity of human experience, and understand more about themselves as individuals and members of society. History teaching at Alfriston Primary School offers a rich set of opportunities, developing children’s skills in investigation, interpretation, chronology, enquiry, analysis, and problem solving.
Our intentions for the History curriculum are:
- For children to gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world.
- To provide opportunities that stimulate children’s curiosity to know more about the past.
- For children to appreciate history in a chronological context.
- For children to be encouraged to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement.
- To begin 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.
- To develop the use of historical language, and enrich their vocabulary to support their understanding of the world in the past.
HOW WE IMPLEMENT OUR CURRICULUM
At Alfriston Primary School, teachers bring the history curriculum to life and engage children through a range of exciting topics and a variety of stimuli, including key texts, studies of famous historians, historical artefacts and events, theatre workshops and school trips. As a staff, we maintain strong links to the National Curriculum and incorporate an enquiry-based approach to children’s learning about key historical events and people.