“Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” (Corinthians 13:7)
Be the Best we can be, guided by God’s love.
encouraging everyone to achieve their God-given potential,
develop their talents, celebrate their uniqueness,
and rejoice in the joy of belonging to God’s family.
Developing Historians for the future
Our children will develop coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world, inspiring their curiosity to know more about the past. Children will ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. History will help our children 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.
Our history curriculum is underpinned by the 4 key historical concepts:
Historical interpretation
Chronological understanding
Historical understanding
Knowledge and understanding of people, events and changes in the past.
In ensuring high standards of teaching and learning in history, we implement a curriculum that is progressive throughout the whole school. History is taught as part of a unit, focusing on knowledge and skills stated in the National Curriculum. We recognise the importance for children to gain ‘real-life’ experiences through hands-on, practical activities. We ensure this through educational visits and cross-curricular opportunities through subjects such as Art and DT and regular exposure to and analysis of historical sources and artefacts.
We also provide regular opportunities to compare and link historical time periods and allow time for disciplinary learning to teach our children how to think like historians, to question, debate and share our knowledge on local, national and international history as they progress through school.
In EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage), history doesn’t look like formal lessons or timelines. It’s woven into everyday learning and is called “Understanding the World – Past and Present."
What children learn
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Talking about the past: things that happened yesterday, last week, or when they were babies
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Personal history: their own lives, families, birthdays, and special events
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Changes over time: how they’ve grown, how seasons change, or how routines differ
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People and stories from the past: grandparents, familiar historical figures, traditional tales
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Comparing old and new: phones then vs now, old toys vs modern toys
What it looks like in the classroom
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Looking at baby photos and talking about growing up
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Sharing family stories (“When my mum was little…”)
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Exploring artefacts (old phones, clothes, kitchen tools)
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Reading stories set in the past
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Making simple timelines (a day, a year, or their life so far)
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Role play (homes, shops, “olden days”)
Click here to see at our History Knowledge Organisers
Click here to see our History Progression Document
Click here to see how History is adapted for our SEND learners
