History curriculum
At Colindale Primary School, history has always had a high profile as part of a wider, broad and balanced curriculum offered to all pupils. We believe in providing high-quality history lessons which inspire in pupils a lifelong curiosity and fascination for history.
Our curriculum is designed to fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum for history, whilst taking account of the needs and interests of the pupils at our school. The history curriculum embeds the ethos of the school, the British values and the UNICEF Convention for the Rights of the Child. It is designed to stimulate the children’s curiosity about the past, and for the progressive development of historical concepts, knowledge and skills, and an understanding of how the past influences the present. We enable children to develop coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world.
There is a high focus on the development of subject specific skills through enquiry-based learning, encouraging pupils to think like ‘historians.’
The key areas of focus are:
As well as developing historical skills, pupils develop a good understanding of subject specific vocabulary. This enables them to successfully articulate their knowledge and understanding of key historical concepts such as continuity and change, and cause and effect. Pupils are also given a wide variety of experiences both in the classroom and out. We actively encourage educational visits and workshops to enable them to gain first-hand experiences to support their learning. There are many cross curricular links with other subjects such as geography, RE and art, which provide pupils with a rounded understanding of topics.
We want our pupils to enjoy learning about the past and for them to develop a better understanding of the society in which they live.
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