Intent

At Wootey Infant School our historians will be curious and creative with a thirst and appreciation of local and national history. We will provide first hand learning experiences bringing their learning to life; in line with the National Curriculum.  At Wootey Infant School our carefully planned curriculum aims to ensure that all pupils begin to build a coherent knowledge and understanding of their own history, Britain’s past and that of the wider world.

Implementation 

Reception (EYFS)

In Reception pupils will identify and talk about significant events in their lives. They will use this knowledge to make simple comparisons from their own lives to other families and traditions. This process embeds respect, as pupils listen to one another and share significant events in their family’s lives. Over the year we learn about historical events and people through stories; such as Remembrance Day and Queen Elizabeth II.  The pupils start to make links with their own lives and develop the use of historical language; such as yesterday and in the past. The pupils are encouraged to be creative thinkers and ask questions.
 

Key Stage 1

Happiness, creativity and respect are embedded in the implementation of history at Wootey Infant School. Pupils are given rich opportunities that will bring History to life; these include educational visits such as to the Historic dockyard in Portsmouth and interactive workshops on Florence Nightingale from the Farnham Museum.  These experiences offer the pupilsa memorable way to learn about history, which creates much happiness and excitement.

At Wootey Infant School we use the 6 step enquiry approach to ensure pupils are creatively exploring ways to answer the key question for the topic. We begin our topics with a hook, which captivates the pupil’s interest sparking creative thinking and a buzz of happiness. Through this approach Year One pupils will learn to identify, talk about and recognise relevant information and in Year Two they will be able to describe what information they have gathered. 

Pupils will also lean about significant people in the past; who have made a significant impact on the world; such as Florence Nightingale and Neil Armstrong.  Throughout their learning children will develop an awareness of the past, building up the use of common words and phrases related to the passing of time.

Subject Content

Pupils will be taught about:

• Changes within living memory. where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life
• Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally (for example the Great Fire of London)
• the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and personal achievements.  Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods ( for example Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong)
• Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.

Impact

When pupils leave our school they will be developing a coherant knowledge and understanding of Britain's past and that of the wider world.  They will demonstrate curiosity to find out more about the past and show creativity in their thinking and questioning when looking at historical stories and evidence.