Lakefield Church of England Primary and Nursery

At Lakefield Church of England Primary School, our intent is to give every child a broad and balanced history curriculum which enables them to confidently explore and discover what is around them, so that they have a deeper understanding of the world we live in. Our aim is to provide stimulating and challenging experiences that help every child secure and extend their historical knowledge and vocabulary, as well as promoting a love and thirst for learning. At Lakefield, we have a coherently planned and sequenced curriculum which has been carefully designed and developed with the needs of every child at the centre of what we do. We want to equip our children with not only the minimum statutory requirements of the history National Curriculum but to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences of later life.

At Lakefield, History topics are taught within each year group in accordance with the National Curriculum.

• Topics are blocked to allow children to focus on developing their knowledge and skills, studying each topic in depth.
• Every year group will build upon the learning from prior year groups therefore developing depth of understanding and progression     of skills and knowledge.
• Teachers promote enjoyment and foster interest of the historical disciplines
• Children present their findings and learning using history specific language
• To support children in their ability to ‘know more and remember more’ there are regular opportunities to review the learning taken place in previous topics as well as previous lessons.
• At the start of each topic children will review previous learning and will have the opportunity to share what they already know about a current topic
• Children are given a knowledge organiser at the start of each topic which details some key History Curriculum Statement information and vocabulary. This is used to support children with their acquisition of knowledge and are used as a reference document.
• To support teaching, teachers access a range of resources and planning. The main body of planning is provided but adapted by the Teacher to make the curriculum a Lakefield curriculum ensuring our drivers are present throughout.
• Effective use of education visits and visitors are planned, to enrich and enhance the pupil’s learning experiences within the History curriculum.
• Teachers use effective assessment for learning in each lesson to ensure misconceptions are highlighted and addressed.
• Effective modelling by teachers ensures that children are able to achieve their learning intention, with misconceptions addressed.
• Through using a range of assessment tools, differentiation, as appropriate, is facilitated by teachers, to ensure that each pupil can access the History curriculum.
• Opportunities for deeper more sustained writing are provided as part of the subject material so allowing the children to develop this higher-level skill.

EYFS

The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum supports children’s understanding of History through the planning and teaching of ‘Understanding the World.’