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Our history curriculum seeks to give children a strong grounding in British history, allowing the children to explore the historical impact of each event and how it has influenced Britain and our lives today. Additionally, when exploring our world history units of work children are encouraged and challenged to make connections and comparisons between past events and how important they are in shaping the world today.
Throughout the curriculum, pupils are taught content that defines each time period. This knowledge and understanding is meticulously planned through medium term planning produced by the subject leader and regularly revisited and elaborated upon. Concepts that are more abstract are also carefully developed across each key stage, so that pupils gain an increasing understanding of our drivers of ‘Rule’ and ‘Transport’. However, not only is historic knowledge and understanding taught, but also the skills of chronology, historical enquiry and historical interpretation are explicitly taught and practiced.
At Windsor, we are keen to ensure that our historians take an enthusiastic and active approach to their own learning and progress throughout the history curriculum. As a result, ‘pre and post self-assessment tools’ have been created for children to complete before the start of a unit of work and after the unit has been completed. These tools enable children to use their oracy skills to show their understanding of the intended learning and give them a clear view of their progress within a unit. Moreover, these assessment tools allow staff at Windsor to appropriately adapt medium term planning to meet the age appropriate needs of all learners based upon prior knowledge and develop the use of historical vocabulary, understanding and skills.
To find out more about our curriculum read the documents below: