History
A high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. History helps pupils 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.
(National Curriculum, DfE)
Our History curriculum has been developed by working with experts in the field, reading supporting documents from the DfE and national curriculum, understanding our local context and listening to what is important to our pupils. We have identified a small number of core substantive themes that pupils at the academy will focus on and revisit so that they build an understanding of how these abstract concepts change throughout history. These themes include chronology, civilisation, settlement, society, achievement and folly, power and conflict. Disciplinary knowledge is integrated throughout the curriculum so that pupils become confident in thinking like a historian. Pupils develop their knowledge about how historians investigate the past, and how they construct historical claims, arguments and accounts. We also ensure the history curriculum allows them to gain the substantive knowledge to be able to effectively develop their disciplinary knowledge.
It is our aim through teaching History that children will develop a firm understanding of the broad and diverse history the world possesses. To support this, cross-curricular links are made and the connections that come from examining historical sources and thinking critically about past events help to facilitate depth of understanding. The breadth of the History coverage enables all children to learn about events which relate to their own, and others’, backgrounds through local area studies and wider world history content. We believe in the importance of delivering history teaching that cultivates history detectives and encourages children to consider a range of perspectives when discussing historical events, helping to form knowledgeable and understanding citizens.
We seek to enhance the teaching of our History curriculum by offering opportunities for enrichment, through visits to historical sites, places of interest and inviting guest speakers and workshops into school.
Curriculum Documents
Welcome to our History curriculum section. Here, you can explore the key documents that guide and support our learning at Abbey View:
History Curriculum MapHistory Progression MapOnline subject links
- KS1 History learning materials with guides, videos, activities and quizzes
- KS2 History learning materials with guides, videos, activities and quizzes
- Explore the museum’s collections and keep updated with discoveries from around the world
