History

Our Curriculum Intent Statement

At Eynesbury Church of England Primary School, our curriculum has been designed to ensure each and every child can ‘live life in all its fullness’ by offering stimulating and awe inspiring learning experiences  with Christian values at  its heart. We aim to deliver a curriculum that provides our children with rich knowledge and skills. It gives them the opportunities to develop into well rounded individuals  ready for each stage in their learning journey.

'OUR PUPILS LEAVE EYNESBURY AS RESPECTFUL, GOOD CITIZENS WITH GOOD MEMORIES, A THIRST FOR LEARNING AND LIFE AND ALL IT HAS TO OFFER.'

HISTORY

We feel it is important for the children to be able to learn from, and use, direct and first hand experience, but emphasis is also placed on the use of reference material. Through a range of approaches, we aim to enable our children to develop a knowledge of the past and present, understanding where they fit into the timeline, and how actions of others have changed and shaped History. 

Our intent is that our teaching of History will help pupil's gain a coherent knowledge of Britain's past and that of the wider world. We aim for our History Curriculum to inspire pupils' curiosity about the past and to know more about the past. High quality teaching enables our pupils to ask perspective questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments and develop perspective and judgement. Pupils will develop the skills to make comparisons between eras in time, derive facts from artefacts and sources, make comments on the reliability of sources and recognise the consequence of significant events/people. Our pupils also develop their 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.