History

Subject Leader: Mr H Bolton

History Curriculum Intent Statement

At St. Pius X we believe in a broad and balanced curriculum. Our ambitious History curriculum fulfills the National Curriculum requirements and we use a mix of Twinkl Plan It and our own teacher-developed units to deliver the objectives. We have created a long-term plan using a selection of medium-term plans available to match our curriculum needs and to ensure History is coherently planned, sequenced and has rigorous progression to enable children to reach their full potential as historians and gain the knowledge and skills required through an enquiry based learning approach to allow pupils to succeed in life. Our skills progression allows teaching and learning of history to be easily adapted to meet the needs of all our pupils. History has meaningful links to other subjects such as Reading, Writing, Geography and Art and Design. As a Catholic school, our faith underpins our key teachings and pupils learn the importance of the history of our local area, including our own school and church. 

Long Term Plan

EYFS

KS1/KS2

National Curriculum Coverage

Progression

Knowledge and Skills Progression

The progression documents below designed to clearly highlight the following:

• Exactly what the pupils are going to know at the end of the enquiry;
• The disciplinary thinking skills of the subject that they are going to apply in order to understand the significance of that knowledge;
• End points of learning that make clear the level of understanding necessary for a child at this stage of learning to be judged through assessment as making good progress;
• How new learning is built upon the continuity of previous knowledge and understanding so references and links can be made to prior learning where relevant;
• The particular subject techniques and/or sources that will be mastered and applied to help build knowledge and understanding;
• How the National Curriculum programmes of study are being delivered;

Knowledge, Skills an Questions

Knowledge Organisers

Our Knowledge Organisers (see examples below) function as an enquiry ‘place map’ and are referred to regularly in class.  The Knowledge Organisers make it crystal clear to the pupil what they key knowledge they will learn by the end of the enquiry, the vocabulary they will learn, as well as a range of other relevant material they will come across and other things they will do e.g. ‘places I will visit’, ‘people I will know more about’ etc.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Vocabulary Progression

Assessment

At the end of each enquiry, staff assess each child against the Key Concepts and Questions document, which is derived directly from the National Curriculum. Outcomes are then recorded using Insight.

Teachers use formative assessment throughout the enquiry, drawing on evidence from pupils’ books as well as responses gathered through Socrative. This ongoing assessment informs a termly summative judgement, which is also recorded on Insight.

Any gaps in knowledge are identified through the timetabled Socrative sessions. These gaps are then addressed during retrieval sessions, where teaching is adapted to reinforce and secure pupils’ understanding.

Enrichment & Cultural Capital

We aim to constantly improve our enrichment and cultural capital offering in History. Currently, the the subject is enhanced by the following:

• Local Historian Workshops & Activities
• Theme Days: Victorian School Day, Roman's Day, Egyptian day, Viking day.
• British Legion Veteran’s Talk and Q&A Session
• Remembrance Assembly & Coffee Morning
• Ex Staff & Pupil Talks
• History of the Church
• London: Visit St Paul’s Cathedral (guided tour)
• London: Visit the Tower of London
• Trips link to History topic  inc. Furness Abbey, Hadrian’s Wall, Muncaster Castle, Beamish, Vindolanda, Roman Army Museum, Natural History Museum.
• Museum workshops at Dock Museum, Tullie House.