History at Clarendon Junior School
Marcus Garvey
Intent
The intention of the history curriculum at Clarendon Junior school is to help children gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past.
Implementation
Our biggest focus in KS2 is to ensure that pupils gain a knowledge of chronology and how events fit in to national and world timelines.
Teaching ensures the pupils are able to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement.
Pupils gain an understanding of the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.
Implementation
Pupils are exposed to high quality resources and enriching experiences in order to allow them to fully immerse themselves in a topic. These should include:
- Displays are used to remind children of key vocabulary
- Drama activities and dress up days linked to the topic allow children to put themselves in the shoes of people from the past.
- The use of artefacts to add real life objects, so they can develop their understanding further.
- The use of trips and workshops helps to add interest and extra dynamics to the topic.
How History is Assessed
We strive to ensure that our pupil’s attainment is in line or exceeds their potential when we consider the varied starting points of all our children. The learning challenges used, and progression grids used to plan and teach History, ensure that children are accessing work at age related expectations, with regular opportunities to be challenged through higher-level objectives.
Impact
History is monitored by the subject leader throughout all year groups using a variety of strategies such as book looks, learning walks, staff discussions and pupil interviews. Feedback is given to teachers and leaders use the information to see if the children know more and remember more.
Assessment data is collected using Insight Tracking which all stakeholders can access and used to monitor progress of learning.
Useful Websites
Knowledge Organisers
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Year 3
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Year 4
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Year 5
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Year 6