History

Aims

The aims of History are:

1. To encourage children to develop an interest in their own past and to gain a sense of identity within their own immediate family.
2. To begin to understand that concepts of past, present and future change through time.
3. To teach children about everyday life, work, leisure and culture of men, women and children in the past and consider how the past was different from the present.
4. To learn about major past events and people from Britain and other countries which may have influenced their lives.
5. To develop the children’s ability to describe and explain historical change and cause.
6. To understand that there are various interpretations of History.
7. Help children to develop ability to acquire evidence from Historical sources and form judgements about their reliability and value.
8. Help children to understand time scales.

Skills – Attitudes/ Knowledge

Skills are developed through the QCA units, which are introduced in a balanced programme over the Key Stages. 

It is our intention that the children develop the following as a result of participating in History:

1. an inquiring mind that can investigate,
2. an ability to record information,
3. an ability to make judgement,
4. an ability to express opinions about historical events,
5. an ability to use ICT as a source for historical events

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Delivery and Organisation

At Quarry View Primary School all activities are carefully planned to enjoyable and challenging, meeting the needs of a variety of groups and individuals.  The children research topics taken from the QCA Document.

In addition to topics covered History provides opportunities to explore political, economic, social, citizenship and industrial understanding.

Every opportunity will be made to give all children equal opportunities to participate in a wide range of activities.  Children in CAP have full access to the History curriculum.

Environment

Children’s work on History is represented throughout each year group in classroom and other display areas.

Assessment and Monitoring

Assessment foci are set out in the school’s scheme of work and can be used to demonstrate the children’s understanding/knowledge of a particular skill or concept in respect of the National Curriculum Level Descriptions and Programme of Study.  Children are encouraged to positively evaluate their own work.

Through informal assessment teachers are able to plan more effectively, as opportunities are given to reflect and moderate the permanent plans during planning meetings.

Due to the current trailing of Skills Based Curriculum, SMT are monitoring the changes made to the planning and delivery of this subject, following this the History Co-ordinator and the Curriculum Co-ordinator will review the teaching of the units.

Resources

Resources available for History are boxed under specific topics and are kept in the History and Design & Technology cupboard in the Year 6 block.

A folder containing places of interest to visit is kept in the staffroom.

Specific resources are outlined in the scheme of work.

Future Development

• Schemes of work will be reviewed at the end of each term to find any gaps in resources.

• SMT monitoring Skills Based Curriculum

• Liase with SMT regarding the monitoring of Skills Based Curriculum.