History at Orchard will be implemented in numerous ways throughout school. Some of these include:

• Topic displays in every classroom, including the subject specific vocabulary taught and definitions for these where required. These will be revisited often to ensure understanding.

• Prior knowledge quizzes undertaken at the beginning of every new topic. This is to ensure the knowledge taught previously is embedded.

• Post knowledge quizzes undertaken at the end of every topic. This is to ensure that the new learning has successfully made its way to the long-term memory of our children.

• Use of artefacts to promote children’s curiosity and allow them to explore.

• Use of sources and understanding of the differences between primary and secondary sources.

• Outdoor learning where appropriate.

• Cross-curricular opportunities are explored where possible. English, maths, science,

  ICT, art and geography are all taught discretely but often revisited during history lessons.

• Cultural capital through the planning of trips, in-school workshops and community involvement to provide first-hand experiences to our children to support and develop their learning.

As a result of the above, children will:

• Know more, remember more and understand more about history.

• Have a passion for learning about their past and the past of others.

• Have more acceptance for other cultures, societies and countries.

• Understand, and confidently use, the key skills of chronology, knowledge and interpretation and enquiry skills.

• Develop their own communication skills and be able to use resources provided to construct their own opinions on events from the past.

• Be able to take life lessons away from history to influence their opinions, thoughts and decisions in the future.

  Personal Development

  Children are encouraged throughout our History lessons to understand the fundamental British values of democracy, individual liberty, the rule of law and mutual respect and tolerance. This is explored throughout our Crime and Punishment topic, where children explore why we have rules and laws and make connections to the impact of this in present day. The depth of our History curriculum enables pupils to gain a sense of enjoyment and fascination in learning about themselves, others and the world around them also they are able to understand and appreciate the wide range of cultural influences that have shaped their own heritage and that of others.

   

  History Throughout School

Within our History lessons, children are given the opportunity to immerse themselves within the studied time period. One example of this might be by taking a trip to our immersion room.  Our immersion room gives children a greater opportunity to envisage and imagine what this period of time might have been like whilst giving them a wider experience. The use of artefacts and theme days (inside and outside of the classroom) also allow our children to be exposed to engaging, inspiring and memorable sessions which highlights the enjoyment of history and support knowledge retention. 

Our learning environments show a progression of key knowledge and key skills, which are developed throughout the topic. Each working wall shows evidence of children's prior learning and the knowledge learnt within the unit, which is paired with children's work and vocabulary, to show progression over the half term.

In Early Years, History is also promoted through the use of curiosity boxes, which enables children to be curious learners who ask inspiring questions around objects and artefacts. As well as this, they also focus on key theme days  including Remembrance Day and Black History Month.