History at Brook
Our Vision for History:
•For our pupils to enter their secondary education ready and prepared for the next stage in their historical learning through the acquisition of good enquiry skills and knowledge.
•For our pupils to have a thirst for continued learning in school and an inquisitive, curious mind to serve them beyond education.
•For our pupils to understand their place in our changing world as well as the place of others in our world leading pupils to have a deep knowledge of diversity, fairness, poverty and equality as well as a thorough understanding of how our values of care, courage and creativity can be applied to aspects of history and serve to challenge worldwide issues in the present day.
Our History Curriculum:
Our curriculum has been mapped out over the course of a 2-year cycle, ensuring a progression of skills and knowledge with no gaps nor unnecessary repetition. The coverage includes all necessary learning from the Primary National Curriculum 2014 but goes beyond this, providing further depth and coverage and exploring aspects with greater meaning for the pupils at Brook.
Our curriculum provides regular opportunities for deeper learning through enrichment activities. Links are made to British Values as well as aspects of Religion and Culture. Diversity and Equality play a huge role in our Curriculum.
Our pupils have the opportunity to engage with a broad but deep programme for Historical learning. Our curriculum enables all learners to learn well and build their knowledge and skills sequentially, using their prior learning as a foundation for their next steps. Our pupils enjoy the well-chosen specific topics and themes, and these themes provide meaningful learning. This contributes to their ability to know and remember more about their lessons and topics. Our curriculum provides our pupils with repeated encounters of historical concepts, giving our pupils a clear understanding of their learning and how it links to previous learning.
To view our ‘Principles of teaching History,’ click here.