At Trowell C of E Primary School, History is taught as a discrete subject. History lessons have clear historical focus, both in the teaching and learning of substantive historical knowledge (knowledge about the past) and disciplinary knowledge (how we learn about and understand the past). We have the following aims:
- To broaden children’s substantive historical knowledge, both of Britain and the wider world, and secure key knowledge so that it is remembered and built upon.
- To ensure children develop a deepening knowledge of broad range of key historical substantive concepts, for example Equality, Monarchy and Civilisation by encountering these concepts in different historical contexts.
- To develop children as mini-historians by teaching and learning disciplinary knowledge of how to find out about and understand the past.
- To instill within children a fascination with the past and an understanding of how the past has shaped the development of the modern world.
- To ensure that History is taught on its own merits with a discrete curriculum.
- To develop a secure knowledge of chronology so that children have clear chronological context for all learning in history.
- To explore our ‘Big Four’ Christian school values through the teaching of History (Aim High, Do the Right Thing, Love Others, Believe We Can Do It).
- To develop children’s understanding and use of vocabulary.
- To prepare children for disciplinary literacy learning in History in KS3 and beyond.