Vision

At Lynsted and Norton, our high-quality and creative History curriculum inspires a curiosity and wonder as the children explore the past throughout the world. We aim to equip Lynsted and Norton Historians with the skills and knowledge they need to describe, explain, investigate and critically question the past. 

Intent

At Lynsted and Norton Primary School is our aim to provide a high-quality and creative History curriculum which inspires a curiosity and wonder about the past. We aim to equip Lynsted Historians with the skills and knowledge they need to describe, explain, investigate and critically question the past. Our curriculum immerses pupils in a wide range of British and international history.

In addition to this, we aim to connect every element of learning through critical thinking and enquiry. To achieve this, each of our topics begin with an enquiry question. We believe the content of our humanities curriculum is rich in knowledge, skills and is sequenced progressively to ensure all children are able to fully submerse themselves in their engaging lessons.

Implementation

Our curriculum is has been developed using Kapow which allows lessons to be tailored and meaningful as they progression across the year groups. Our school values drive our curriculum and serve as a starting point to encourage our children to become critical thinkers and promotes ownership of learning. History topics are divided across cycle A and cycle B, with each class covering three different history topics within in each cycle. Enquiry-based questions, skills, knowledge and key vocabulary have been mapped out to ensure that curriculum coverage is ambitious, progressive and covers the key historical concepts which are key to ensure our pupils think like a historian. 

Pupils develop skills across four areas, chronological awareness, historical enquiry, historical interpretation and key substantive concepts. 

Teachers use a range of formative and summative assessment strategies to ensure that pupils are achieving the desired outcomes. Our teachers use end of unit retrieval strategies to inform their judgements. 

Each unit of learning follows the school's curriculum design. Pupils engage pupils using an enquiry question and hook, develop their knowledge and understanding over time, before encouraging them to both innovate and express. Teacher then assess pupil's understanding of knowledge and skills through an end of unit assessment and retrieval task.

Inclusion

At Lynsted and Norton Primary, success is expected for every pupil. Children are given every opportunity to understand personal strengths, reach their full potential and celebrate the achievements of themselves and others within and outside school. Teaching at Lynsted and Norton Primary allows history to be accessible to all children by planning history lessons that:

• Are challenging for children of different abilities in each year group / key stage.

• Cater for children’s diverse learning needs. 

• Differentiates work through a variety of activities and the outcomes that are expected.

• Lessons motivate children, which allows them to understand and review their own learning.

• Overcome potential barriers to learning.

• Assessment for groups of children and children as individuals.

• Are fun and engaging for children of all abilities.

• Uses support from other adults to support all ability groups.

SMSC in History

At Lynsted and Norton Primary school, we aim to develop SMSC through History by:

Spiritual Development

• Developing curiosity and allowing the mystery of how and why past events occurred and their many causes.

• Helping and allowing children to understand the incredible significance that certain individuals had in the past.

• Making children aware of how historical knowledge will change and develop with new evidence and different interpretations of events.

• Allowing children to see and understand the similarities and differences between people now and in the past.

• Using primary and secondary sources, artefacts, visits and visitors to bring history to life, allowing use to see and experience what people from the past may have. 

Moral Development

• Developing open mindedness when considering decisions and actions of people from the past.

• Allowing the children to empathise and understand the decisions made by ordinary people at the time based on their historical situation.

• Encourage children to comment on moral questions and dilemmas from the past and hold discussions based on this.

Social Development

• Promoting pupils own social development by working together and problem solving.

• Encouraging pupils to consider and think about what past societies have contributed to today’s culture.

• Studying social skills will allow children to develop their own. 

• Allowing the children to explore similarities and contrasts between present and past societies and be made aware of how we are very fortunate to live ‘in the modern world’.

Cultural Development

• Gaining an understanding of empathy with people from different cultural backgrounds.

• Investigating how other cultures have had a major impact on the development of ‘British’ Culture.

• Developing a better understanding of multicultural society through studying different links between local, British, European and world history.