History

Learning through History at Greenleas

Overview

At Greenleas Primary School every child matters.  We want our children to be confident, motivated and independent learners who have respect for others.  Our rich curriculum is the means of a high quality education, providing all with good opportunities for enjoyment and achievement.

It is our aim at Greenleas, through the teaching of History, to stimulate the children’s interest and understanding about the life of people who lived in the past. We aim for the children to develop a sense of identity and a cultural understanding based on their historical heritage. We teach children to understand how events in the past have influenced our lives today; we also teach the children to investigate these past events and, by so doing, develop the skills of enquiry, analysis, interpretation and problem solving. As children progress through the school, we provide them with a chronological understanding of the past.

History Intent

At Greenleas, we aim to provide quality teaching and learning of history to promote:

• A curiosity and understanding of events, places and people in a variety of times and environments

• An understanding of life in the present by exploring the past.

• An inquisitiveness, enjoyment and appreciation about life in the past.

• Knowledge of significant events in British history and an appreciation of how societies and people have changed over time.

• A sense of chronology within which the children can organise their understanding of the past.

• A sense of how the past was different from the present and that people of other times and places may have had different values and attitudes from ours.

• An understanding of the nature of evidence by emphasising the process of enquiry and by developing the range of skills required to interpret primary and secondary source materials.

• An understanding of society and their place within it, so that they develop a sense of their cultural heritage.

• An understanding of historical concepts such as cause/consequence, continuity and change etc.

• Perspective between local and international history encompassing all areas of history such as political and religious.