At Hemlington Hall Academy, we have a history curriculum that will help children have an understanding of their past and how history will shape their future. The history curriculum will provide the children with engaging opportunities to explore Britain and the wider world. The people of the past take us on journeys as we learn about their time and impact in history. As a school, we believe that high-quality history lessons and enrichment opportunities inspire pupil’s curiosity to ask questions. Children will gain knowledge, and develop skills to think critically, weigh evidence, and develop perspective and judgement.
History will also help pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time. Wherever possible, links are made between subjects in contexts for learning with overarching themes to contextualise and motivate learners. Contexts for learning provide highly productive opportunities to use and apply skills in various subjects whilst strengthening pupils’ learning in history.
Our Intent
- Children to know that history is a subject – focussing on learning about the past
- Understand that ‘evidence’ is at the heart of history – and what kinds of evidence we can use
- Understand that versions of history can be different – because people have different opinions
- Know their place in history – what has gone before is all history (e.g. prehistoric, BC / AD, living memory, recent)
- Understand that history is divided in to periods – often linked to Monarchs
- Know the key knowledge identified in each unit, so that they have a firm knowledge base by the end of primary school
- Understand some of the causes and consequences of historical events.
Our History Curriculum
Subject Leader: Miss Solomon
