Our aim is to teach pupils about changes and events in living memory and beyond. Children learn about the lives of significant individuals, events and places. We encourage pupils to use researching skills to find out and record information in a variety of ways such as newspaper reports or information texts. School trips and visitors to the school are organised to provide opportunities for pupils to find out about the past in different ways. We use the Cornerstones curriculum to inform planning and provide exciting, project based History lessons following a sequence of ‘introduce, engage, develop and innovate’. Following this curriculum ensures clear progression of knowledge and skills across all year groups.

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Click here to see the skills progression map, including opportunities for challenge for EYFS and Key Stage One.

Click here to see the knowledge progression map for EYFS and Key Stage One.

The National curriculum states that:

Pupils should develop an awareness of the past, using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time. They should know where the people and events they study fit within a chronological framework and identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods. They should use a wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms. They should ask and answer questions, choosing and using parts of stories and other sources to show that they know and understand key features of events. They should understand some of the ways in which we find out about the past and identify different ways in which it is represented.

Click here to see how the Cornerstones projects are linked to the National Curriculum aims and objectives.

Click here for the link to the History Programme of Study.