History here at Morpeth All Saints…

At Morpeth All Saints our History and Geography lessons are skills based and knowledge-rich. Our yearly overview illustrates the extensive coverage of the curriculum which is inter-woven with a bespoke progression of knowledge and skills to take our children beyond the National Curriculum. Throughout the year and across the phases, pupils are able to build upon pre-existing learning by revisiting certain areas of study and experience new learning to enable pupils to consolidate new skills and knowledge.

What are the main principles?

Every History and Geography unit of work is introduced with a memorable experience or a trip as a hook into the learning to engage or at the end to consolidate their understanding and relate new knowledge and skills to their own life, locality and the wider world

Every topic across the school is taught alongside our core principles: starting with the engage stage to ignite enthusiasm and passion into their new learning, enquiry to encourage pupil interest and curiosity, explore and learn new knowledge and skills and then embed what the children have learned and enjoyed.

Each topic links directly to History or Geography knowledge, building on existing skills and understanding to ensure that learning is progressive and continuous.

Intent:

At Morpeth All Saints First School we are committed to providing all children with learning opportunities to engage in history. History is about real people who lived, and real events which happened in the past. Our History curriculum 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. At Morpeth All Saints First School, we aim to fire the children’s curiosity about History, the past in their own locality , in Britain and the wider world. We believe this plays an essential part in preparing our children 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 prized in adult life.