St Peter’s Roman Catholic Primary School
History
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History Statement of Intent
History is about real people who lived, and real events which happened in the past. It is concerned with sequence, time and chronology and is the study of evidence about the past; it gives us a sense of identity, set within our social, political, cultural and economic relationships. History fires the children’s curiosity about the past in Britain and the wider world and plays an essential part in preparing us for living and working in the contemporary world. Pupils consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like, how these societies organised their politics, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people’s actions. As they do this, children develop a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people. They see the diversity of human experience, and understand more about themselves as individuals and members of society. What they learn can influence their decisions about personal choices, attitudes and values. In history, children find evidence, weigh it up and reach their own conclusions. To do this they need to be able to research, sift through evidence, and argue for their point of view – skills that are valuable in adult life. Therefore, History is an important part of our curriculum at St Peter’s Primary school.
At St Peter’s, we believe good history teaching inspires children’s curiosity to know more about the past and should equip children to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. We aim to provide a programme of history learning so that the curriculum plan we have designed will ensure children acquire and develop the key knowledge that has been identified within each unit, as well as progressively acquire and apply historical skills to reach their full potential. As a school, we recognise the need for all pupils to develop their historical skills as an essential element of a broad and balanced curriculum and as a subject in its own right.
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