Subject Leader within the school is: Miss Rose
At Kingsfield, we follow the Primary Knowledge Curriculum for history which has been designed to be both knowledge-rich and coherently sequenced. Knowledge, in the realm of history, means not only substantive knowledge of historical events, dates and people in the past, but also knowledge of substantive concepts in history (such as 'empire', 'monarchy' and 'civil war'), and disciplinary historical concepts (such as evidence, causation, significance and interpretation).
Our history curriculum allows children to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of local, British and world history. The substantive knowledge taught in the curriculum has been carefully chosen and sequenced using a largely chronological approach. Each unit of work is a chapter in the story of the history of Britain and the wider world. Understanding in history requires an knowledge of causation and our curriculum enables children to understand the causes of significant national and global events, (such as World War One) when they have some background knowledge of what happened before (such as the origins and growth of European empires, including the British Empire).
Knowledge of substantive concepts and disciplinary concepts have been interleaved across the curriculum, allowing children to encounter and apply these in different contexts. From year to year, unit to unit, lesson to lesson, the curriculum supports children in making connections and building upon prior substantive and disciplinary knowledge.
Our history curriculum is balanced to enable children to look in some depth at local, national and world history, encouraging children to explore the connection between significant events and people and how they have influenced the modern world.
Over the course of a year, the children will learn about an aspect of British history, local history and history of the wider world. Children will begin by learning about what a historian does, studying basic sources to develop an appreciation and understanding of what it means to be a historian.
Our curriculum aims to ignite children's love for history, preparing them with essential knowledge for the next stage in their education.
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