At Ryders Green, we strive to give every child, every opportunity, at their one chance in primary school.
Intent
At Ryders Green Primary School, it is our aim to ensure a high-quality history education is delivered across our school to support pupils in gaining a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It is our aim to inspire and engage our pupils’ curiosity to want to know and explore more about the past. It is fundamental within our practice to teach and equip pupils in gaining the appropriate skills to ask perceptive questions, think critically, discuss the validity of evidence, debate and discuss arguments, as well as develop their own perceptions and judgements alongside their findings. History at Ryders Green aims to help pupils to understand 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
History will be delivered in a variety of ways across both KS1 and KS2 and during various times throughout the academic year. History will be taught as stand alone lessons each week where skills are either taught or explored. History will alternate with Geography each half term.
Impact
We encourage our children at Ryders Green to enjoy and value the curriculum we deliver. Through effective teaching and learning strategies, we encourage our children to ask questions to challenge their understanding. We want learners to discuss, reflect and appreciate the impact history has on their learning, development and well-being- and the importance of history being part of our curriculum.
The way pupils showcase, share, celebrate and publish their work will best show the impact of our curriculum. We also look for evidence through reviewing pupil’s knowledge and skills through observing learning regularly, sharing our work in our learning environment and at whole school events. We also use STEM as part of our curriculum to challenge and promote a rich teaching environment and one in which the children are actively engaged.
