Vision Statement
Together we inspire one another to love learn respect and forgive, rooted and built up in Christ, so that every member of our school community can develop and flourish; united in mutual respect with a sense of belonging.
Intent of the teaching and learning of History
- Know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world
- Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires; characteristic features of past non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind.
- Gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’, ‘parliament’ and ‘peasantry’
- Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses.
- Understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed.
Implementation of the teaching and learning of History
History is taught 2-3 times a year in 7 week blocks and matches curriculum topics.
Our planning and teaching of history is supported by resources adaoted from the Grammarsaurus
All children explore the history of Leicester through museum visits, local area studies and visits to our parish church of St Joseph’s throughout the year.
Children in Years 3 and 5 visit Bosworth Battlefield to study the Romans and Richard III.
Children in Years 2 and 3 visit Newark Houses and Abbey Park to study the history of Leicester.
Year 4 visit Leicester Museum to study the Ancient Egyptians.
More visits and visitors into school are being planned for future learning.
Impact of the teaching and learning of History
Children will gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local to Leicester, regional, national, Catholic and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short- and long-term timescales.
Children will learn how to make judgements about the validity, importance and provenance of sources of evidence. This will equip children to make judgments about what they consume online and the importance of fact-checking and making informed decisions about the origins of information.
Mrs Darby
History Medium Term Plans 2024/2025
