Curriculum Intent
At Hambrough Primary School, our History curriculum aims to stimulate pupils’ curiosity and understanding of the lives of people in the past. We want pupils to think as historians, developing a sense of chronology, identity and cultural understanding rooted in their historical heritage.
From the Early Years Foundation Stage, children begin to talk about past and present events in their own lives and those of others. As pupils progress through the school, they develop the knowledge and skills needed to explore history from a range of perspectives and sources, and to understand how past events have influenced the world we live in today.
Through the study of History, we aim to promote respect for different cultures, support citizenship education, and help pupils learn lessons from the past that inform their choices in the present.
Curriculum Implementation
In EYFS, History is taught through Understanding the World, where children explore similarities and differences between the past and present through stories, discussion and play.
From Key Stage 1 onwards, pupils follow a carefully sequenced History curriculum that develops key disciplinary skills, including historical enquiry, chronological understanding, similarity and difference, cause and consequence, change and continuity, historical interpretation, and organisation and communication. Learning is supported through core areas of knowledge such as artefacts and evidence, location, beliefs, settlements, culture and pastimes, food and farming, travel and exploration, society, conflict, and significant people and events, helping pupils to build secure understanding over time.
Curriculum Impact
By the end of EYFS, children can talk about the past and present and show curiosity about people and events.
As pupils move through the school, they develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to ask historical questions, interpret evidence and explain how the past has shaped the present. Pupils leave Hambrough Primary School as thoughtful, informed learners with a strong sense of identity, cultural understanding and an appreciation of history’s role in shaping modern Britain.
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