History

Curriculum Subject: History

The aim of our History Curriculum at King’s Northway is to stimulate the children’s interest and understanding about the life of people who lived in the past. We teach children a sense of chronology, to understand that that history is not intermittent, but in fact continuous with certain periods of time existing concurrently. We provide children with the knowledge and confidence to demonstrate their understanding of how History overlaps in time, to show accuracy of facts, and can make connections between topics and personal experiences in the wider world. It is important to ensure children value their own and other people’s cultures in modern multicultural Britain and, by considering how people lived in the past, they are better able to make their own life choices today.

We teach children to understand how events in the past have influenced our lives today; we also teach them to investigate these past events and by so doing, to develop their skills of enquiry, analysis, interpretation and problem-solving.

Pupils will be introduced to a golden thread of ‘rule throughout time’. Throughout their learning journey, children will explore different rules of law and power throughout time, and how that may differ between civilisations, comparing to how rule exists today and linking the concept of rule to other aspects of life, such as how it exists in their school community and local/geographical area.

History, as part of the King’s Northway Curriculum intends to build upon previous success in order to enhance and strengthen pupils’ knowledge in the following areas;

• Chronological Knowledge and Understanding
• Historical Enquiry
• Interpretation (using Sources and Evidence)
• Communication using Historical Terms

History Subject Lead: Miss Messham

EYFS History

History in EYFS is taught within ‘Understanding of the World’- a prime area of learning and development from the Development Matters framework and early years curriculum. The children are supported in developing the knowledge, skills and understanding that helps them to make sense of the world. Our Nursery and Reception children will begin to make sense of their own life-story and family’s history, use visual timetables, days of the week and months of the year to talk about ‘now and next’ type events, to foster an understanding of ‘past and present’ to initiate the concept of chronology.

Long Term Overview Plan

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Progression Map

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