“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
History Yearly Overview
Intent
Our History curriculum has been carefully mapped out to encompass the rich history in Coalbrookdale. Our curriculum is in line with the National Curriculum starting from EYFS through to Year 6, taking into consideration the transition into Year 7.
Our curriculum has been designed so it provides connections throughout children’s primary years at Coalbrookdale and ensures knowledge builds on knowledge through the use of our golden threads (curriculum connections) and concepts starting in EYFS.
Our enquiry-based questions allow children to explore in depth historical and geographical concepts to support them in being able to know more, remember more and do more. Our school is located on a World Heritage Site. Our curriculum embraces this as children learn about different World Heritage Sites as they progress through school. We ensure that substantive knowledge and disciplinary knowledge are taught so children have both the knowledge and skills to move on to KS3 history after their time with us.
Our intention is for our children to leave Coalbrookdale enthusiastic and curious about our locality and the world around them, and be proud to have experienced living and learning in an area which has had such a big influence on industry around the world.
Substantive Knowledge – we want children to be able to make links between the substantive “golden threads” they learn about, year-on-year. Our history threads are: Industry, Monarchy, Power, Invasion and Settlement
Disciplinary Knowledge – the history specific skills that the children need to develop are embedded within our history teaching. These include: an understanding of change and continuity over time; historical sources and evidence and how these can inform our knowledge of the past; cause and consequence; the significance of certain events; the interpretation of history.
We embed this by building on knowledge and skills taught in prior years and looking closely how they can be built in subsequent years. Our history curriculum is designed with the core purpose of personal development, delivered through our vision of ‘living life in all its fulness’.