History
The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Intent
Our aim is to inspire a curiosity within our children to discover more about their past.
At Manor Primary School we aim to provide our children with a rich and diverse History Curriculum, which equips them with a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain's past and that of the wider world.
We want our pupils to develop their critical thinking skills to enable them to analyse evidence and appreciate different viewpoints in order to become well informed historians.
At Manor Primary School, we want our children to develop an appreciation for the people and events that have shaped our local, national and international history.
Implementation
At Manor primary school, children are taught in mixed ability class groups. There are 2 to 3 history topics covered in each year group that are studied for 3 half terms. Each history topic includes a range of enquiry questions that will inspire a curiosity within our children to discover more about their past. Most topics will also include a themed visit or a historical based school trip to bring their learning alive.
In each classroom, there is a picture timeline on display to help children’s chronological understanding, where they can place their current topic into a wider timeline. The teaching of history provides opportunities for group work, mixed ability work, whole class teaching, independent work, peer assessment and self-assessment. Retrieval activities are used at the beginning of every lesson to ensure children are constantly revisiting and remembering what they have learnt. Children will use a range of good quality of primary and secondary sources.
What you will see in a Manor Primary lesson:
- Engaging and inspiring lessons that promote creativity and curiosity.
- High quality instruction and questioning with teachers providing carefully planned sequenced and modelled lessons that build on children’s historical knowledge and skills.
- The use of carefully chosen primary and secondary sources and focussed discussion on the validity of sources and viewpoints.
- Achievement and inclusion for all: All activities are planned, scaffolded and adapted to ensure every child at Manor can achieve highly in History. This may include adapted resources, adult support and awareness of physical/sensory needs.
- Retrieval of previous learning and explicit links through concepts that connect new learning with what the children know. Historical timelines in every classroom supporting the building up of deeper knowledge.
- Frequent authentic experiences through visits, visitors, artefacts and workshops.
- High quality talk giving opportunities for children to discuss and debate sources and to learn how to challenge and disagree respectfully giving thoughtful reasons for their views.
- An emphasis on correct and ambitious vocabulary.
- High quality verbal feedback during lessons.
- A sensitive, but challenging approach to address issues of debate and contention.
Impact
We will measure impact of this through:
- Monitoring of the curriculum
- Book/planning scrutinies
- Learning walks
- End of unit assessments
- End of year assessments
Our Curriculum