Intent:
History at Doveridge Primary School develops curiosity, critical thinking and an appreciation of the complexities of people’s lives in the past.
Our work is underpinned by our school vision where ‘Together we will succeed to be the best we can be’ and this is at the heart of every aspect of school life.
The children will be taught the importance of evidence and how it shapes our understanding of historical events. They will ask and answer questions about the causes of change and over time, they will develop a sense of chronology and of the diversity of past societies. We will take every opportunity to bring our historical learning to life with visiting actors, experience days and trips.
Implementation
Our teaching staff use a variety of teaching and learning styles in their history lessons to develop pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding in history.
We believe children learn best when:
We recognise that there are children of differing abilities in all our mixed age classes, and so we provide suitable learning opportunities for all children. We achieve this through a range of strategies which are differentiated by expected outcome and support from peers or adults.