History
History
Our History curriculum is currently being redesigned based upon research of how children learn best, make sense of their learning and construct links that build upon and revise previous learning. We started to implement our Geography curriculum in term 3 therefore have adapted our curriculum coverage grids to ensure children do not repeat topics and to ensure coverage of the National Curriculum.
Our intent for our new curriculum
Through History, we aim to enrich the lives and experiences of our children through a progressively sequenced curriculum. Our curriculum encompasses powerful knowledge and deep learning within an investigative framework whilst building upon subject specific vocabulary, concepts and skills.
The History Curriculum
Knowledge and skills are progressively sequenced so that new learning builds upon prior knowledge and skills. An overarching question frames the theme with individual lessons planned around questions constructed to promote subject specific concepts, vocabulary and skills. Every lesson includes retrieval of knowledge, which is supported by a knowledge organiser, carefully constructed to include the powerful knowledge that every child will access and learn.
History Teaching
Teaching will build upon children’s prior knowledge and support them to see the coherent narrative of the each subject. Visits and artefacts will be used to give children memorable and authentic experiences and lessons will be designed to be creative and engaging.
Progression grid
History and Geography curriculum coverage
History and Geography curriculum coverage 2019/20
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Check out these virtual tours! History Museums |
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Anne Frank’s House |
Take a look around and discover the secret annex where Anne Frank hid for more than 2 years during WWII and where she wrote her diary. |
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Boston Children’s Museum |
Walk through the Boston Children’s Museum for 3 floors of fun, thanks to Google Maps! |
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British Museum, London |
British Museum London: While there’s no walkthrough experience, the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies are just a couple of things that you're able to see on a virtual tour of the museum. |
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National Museum of Anthropology |
Visit the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City and dive into the pre-Hispanic history of Mexico with 23 exhibit rooms full of Mayan artefacts. |
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Natural History Museum |
At the Natural History Museum in London, find answers to your big nature questions and uncover the history of life on Earth, from the smallest insects to the largest mammals. |
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |
Take a room-by-room tour of select exhibits and areas within the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, including past and current exhibits. This virtual tour also features a handy map, so you can move between floors easily and select the exhibits you specifically want to see. |
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The Vatican Museums and City |
The Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and Raphael's Room, are just some of the sites you can see on the Vatican's virtual tour of their 7 museums. Here’s a 360o experience of Vatican City itself, including St. Peter’s Square. |