History

History - Our Intent

We want to inspire all of our pupils to love learning about Britain’s past and that of the wider world, to ask questions and understand that reflecting on our past and impact our future.

Knowledge Facts

The answers to all of our ‘Big Questions’ form our Knowledge Facts. This is the knowledge that we think our children need to remember in future years, well beyond when they have left their year group and when they have left Fourlanesend C P School. We have ‘Recall’ in all lessons, quizzing the children about past weeks, past topics and even past years learning. We also have quizzes where children are required to recall facts from previous units and even previous years.

Implementation:

From Year 1 through to 6, pupils are taught about a wide selection of historical periods. They use timelines to develop their understanding of the chronology of these periods and events.
Children are equipped to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments and develop perspective and judgement.
We encourage children to note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the correct use of historical terms.
Through the use of a whole school timeline, we ensure children have an outstanding knowledge of the context of the different periods of history being taught.
We use our ‘Recall’ time at the start of each lesson and Knowledge Quizzes to develop the children’s long-term memory on specific History Knowledge Facts.

Strategies for supporting pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in History lessons:

Opportunities

Pupils have the opportunity to present their learning and understanding through speaking rather than writing. These activities can take the form of debate, a lecture-style presentation or a dramatisation/play.

our intent is to help all of our pupils gain knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. We hope to inspire their curiosity to know more about the past. We want them to be able 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.

Impact

Our pupils gain knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. We hope to inspire their curiosity to know more about the past. We want them to be able 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.

Assessment

Every History lesson has a question as its title. By the end of unit, children are expected at the very least to remember facts that will enable them to answers these questions. We are beginning to implement end of unit assessments, through giving the children the opportunity to demonstrate this knowledge by presenting a ‘Showstopper’. This will be a combination of written knowledge facts and pictorial representations of their understanding.

In addition to these Showstoppers, pupils at Fourlanesend have a regular quizzes whereby the teacher will present a knowledge fact quiz based on subjects that they have previously covered.