Intent
At Wootey our historians will be curious and creative with a thirst and appreciation of local and national history. We provide first hand learning experiences to bring their learning to life. In line with the National Curriculum, the curriculum at Wootey aims to ensure that all pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world.
At Wootey Infant School, our intent is to ensure our children will
The National Curriculum for History
A high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. Teaching should equip pupils 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.
History Implementation
The national curriculum states that pupils in KS1 should be taught to:
Attainment targets
By the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes specified in the relevant programme of study.
Subject content
Key stage 1
Pupils should develop an awareness of the past, using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time. They should know where the people and events they study fit within a chronological framework and identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods. They should use a wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms. They should ask and answer questions, choosing and using parts of stories and other sources to show that they know and understand key features of events. They should understand some of the ways in which we find out about the past and identify different ways in which it is represented.
In planning to ensure the progression described above through teaching about the people, events and changes outlined below, teachers are often introducing pupils to historical periods that they will study more fully at key stages 2 and 3.
Pupils should be taught about:
In Reception we have a history aspiration: "I can talk about how my life is the same and or different to others in the world."