Southfield Park Primary School

Long Grove Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8TF

01372 743 104

History Curriculum intent

 

At Southfield Park, the History curriculum supports children to know about and understand the past in Britain and the wider world, and how this influences Britain today and has shaped British Values.

 

Our curriculum is organised into three skills strands:  historical enquiry, historical concepts and chronology. The key skills and knowledge are mapped across year groups, building sequentially, and then into thematic study so children can make links in their learning, recalling and applying their skills and knowledge in a range of contexts. In following our History Curriculum, children will be prepared for key end points, with a strong understanding of the society in which they live and that of the wider world and their position within it.

 

The aim is that through History children learn to be curious, think critically, weigh evidence and sift arguments. The promotion of oracy skills is facilitated through the identification of key historical vocabulary which builds progressively, the opportunities to deepen historical understanding in different ways such as drama workshops, interactive learning opportunities and presentations. Educational visits, as well as fieldwork in the local area, enrich the history curriculum and make learning meaningful. Finding out about the growth of Epsom during Victorian Times with the expansion of the railways, as well as celebrating the town’s horse racing heritage, form experiences on which to base further learning.

 

History: Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge Organisers give an overview of a key unit of work in a unit. The children use them in lessons for reference and to help them embed important learning. 

 

Click here for Year 1 Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole

Click here for Year 1 Homes and Transport

Click here for Year 2 World Changing Women

Click here for Year 2 The Great Fire of London

Click here for Year 3 The Stone Age to the Iron Age

Click here for Year 3 The Ancient Egyptians

Click here for Year 4 Ancient Greece

Click here for Year 4 The Roman Empire

Click here for Year 5 The Anglo Saxons and the Scots

Click here for Year 5 The Anglo Saxons and the Vikings

Click here for Year 5 The Victorians

Click here for Year 6 World War Two

Click here for Year 6 Early Islamic Civilisation

 

History: Progression of Learning