History and Geography
At Benton Dene Primary School, we believe that high-quality history lessons should be knowledge-rich and inspire children to want to know more about the past and to think and act as historians. By linking learning to a range of topics, children have opportunities to investigate and interpret the past, understand chronology, build an overview of Britain’s past as well as that of the wider world and to be able to communicate historically.
We develop children with the following essential characteristics to help them become historians:
- An excellent knowledge and understanding of people, events and contexts from a range of historical periods, including significant events in Britain’s past;
- The ability to think critically about history and communicate ideas confidently to a range of audiences;
- The ability to support, evaluate and challenge their own and others’ views using historical evidence from a range of sources;
- The ability to think, reflect, debate, discuss and evaluate the past by formulating and refining questions and lines of inquiry;
- A respect for historical evidence and the ability to make critical use of it to support their learning;
- A desire to embrace challenging activities, including opportunities to undertake high-quality research across a range of history topics;
- A developing sense of curiosity about the past including how and why people interpret the past in different ways.
- To fortify each child with the knowledge, skills, techniques and rigour to succeed and make progress throughout school.
History documentation
Progression in History under the 2014 National Curriculum
History Long Term Plan of Coverage and Progression
End of primary key stage expectations in history
Whole school History thematic overview
Knowledge Organisers Autumn Term
