Our History Curriculum Intent

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At Hamstel Infant School and Nursery we understand the importance of the teaching of history to develop children's interests, understanding or the past, historical events and enquiry based learning. We aim to inspire children's curiosity and create successful and excited ‘Historians’. Our Hamstel Headlines form part of our drive for quality first teaching in history across the school.  

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 We aim:

• For all children to receive a broad, balanced history curriculum that immerses them in learning that is memorable, engaging and meaningful. 

• To offer all children a curriculum that ensures the progressive development of their historical concepts, knowledge and skills.  

• To directly teach and develop subject specific vocabulary to children. To create opportunities to enrich and secure learning, ensuring children remember more and can therefore do more.

• All children have opportunities to practise and develop their historical skills and knowledge through carefully planned opportunities.

• To ensure all children can verbally articulate and express their knowledge and understanding of an age-appropriate, ambitious history curriculum.

• That by the end of Key Stage One, all of our children will have participated in a range of learning opportunities and experiences, inside and outside the classroom that enhances their skills, knowledge and understanding of historical concepts.

                                 

 This will be achieved by:

• History being taught through engaging and immersive themes with enquiry based learning threaded through

• Promoting historical curiosity and promoting the asking and answering questions

• Using our local community and resources to enhance history learning

• Teaching deliberate subject specific vocabulary to enhance vocabulary development

• Modelling key vocabulary and the use stem sentences support children’s articulation and oracy skills

• A carefully planned history curriculum that shows progression and sequenced lessons from Nursery to end of KS1.

• Adapting outcomes, tasks and resources to meet the needs of all children

• Use of formative assessment to build on previous learning and move learning forward

• Have a range of resources to enhance the teaching and learning of history

 

How will we know we have achieved our aims?

• Children will use historical vocabulary correctly to communicate their understanding of taught vocabulary.

• Children will begin to make connections from history to other learning

• Children will develop their enquiry skills, and inquisitiveness about historical events and people

• The learning of history is loved by teachers and children across the school.

• Teachers have high expectations and children make good progress across their history lessons

• All children speak confidently and positively about their history learning 

• By celebrating key events and dates to emphasise the significance of them