St. Anne's R.C. Primary School

History Prayer

Dear God,

Please help us to learn valuable lessons from the past to shape our future.

Help us remember significant people from the past such as Annie Kenney and Rosa Parks who have stood up for what is right and given us opportunities which we may not have had. We recognise the mistakes and injustices of history. Help us to learn from them and make our world a better place filled with love, happiness, peace and respect.

Lord in your Mercy,

Hear our prayer

Pslam

"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”

Romans 15:4

History Curriculum Intent

Our history curriculum has been developed to inspire our pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. History helps pupils to understand the process of change, the diversity of societies as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.

Here at St Anne’s our history curriculum will equip the children to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments and develop perspective and judgment.

We will be following a scheme of work created by St Anne’s in which the topics have been carefully mapped out to ensure progression and coverage of all objectives in the National Curriculum.

We teach history through an enquiry-based approach. Historical enquiry allows our children to question, interpret, explain and communicate their reasoning as a historian. Each history unit is launched with a ‘big enquiry question’ – a question where the answer is unknown at the beginning of the unit, but one that the children will be able to answer by the end. Lessons are then based around a sub – enquiry question relating to their unit and big question. By the end of the unit, through the use of enquiry questions and discussions, children will be able to answer their main enquiry question. Within lessons, children will use and interrogate a range of primary and secondary sources to deepen their knowledge on their chosen theme. As children move throughout the school, their knowledge grows across different time periods and they build upon and develop their learning from previous years.

Within the classroom, history lessons are enriched with a range of different resources and artefacts which we organise through our local library and archive. Lessons are further enriched outside of the classroom with a range of outdoor learning opportunities for all year groups such as trips to important local blue plaques/statues, places of historical significance and museums.