Peel Brow School

History

Our History lead is Mrs Hamer. 

Intent

• The Peel Brow History Curriculum will give children knowledge from a varied mix of modern and ancient history.
• By the end of Year 6, Peel Brow children will know about a variety of important historical figures from Britain and the wider world.
• They will remember important historical events which have shaped our modern world and how they link together chronologically
• The History units taught have been developed to help children appreciate their own identity and the challenges in their time. It will help them understand the process of change over time and significant developments.

Implementation

• At Peel Brow our History skills are based around questions that we would like the children to be able to confidently answer and talk/write about. For example: What were the causes of World War Two? or How and why did the Romans invade Britain?
• Knowledge Organisers are used in each topic in order to give children the basic facts of what they are about to learn. The Knowledge Organisers are referenced weekly in topic lessons and are also the basis of recap tasks.
• Each topic has a list of essential vocabulary linked to it which the children should know and understand how to use this enables to speak and write about their subject with confidence and authority.
• Links between the topics are made explicit to the children using the ‘link it’ symbol seen on display in all classrooms. These links enable the building of knowledge upon previous learning and ensures that progression is made in manageable steps.
• Each topic contains a list of relevant vocabulary that is explicitly taught as part of the weekly lessons.
• Each lesson begins with a set of retrieval questions which will reference the previous lesson(s) in that topic, coupled with questions on previous topics from that year and from the years before. This ensures that the knowledge gained throughout the years remains in the long-term memory and is accessible to children throughout their learning journey at Peel Brow. Each topic has an end of topic quiz with low stakes low stakes questions that are intended to aid the children in their remembering of key facts about the subject.. This ‘knowledge building’ is part of the wider strategy to ensure that children remember the important aspects of each topic.

Impact

• By the end of Year 6, our children will understand how historical events have shaped the world today, including History at the local and personal level.
• We aim to teach them to be able to look at the world and to articulate what they have learned in History and can describe significant periods, events and people from the past. They can retain learning and explicitly make connections between what they have previously learned and what they are currently learning.

”Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.“

Winston Churchill

Please see below for our Long Term Plan. From time to time, this plan may change as teachers adapt the learning to suit the needs of the children.