Humanities
Humanities
The aim of our Humanities curriculum is to ensure that our children develop the necessary skills to equip them to make sense of a complex and dynamically changing world and thus, become global citizens. We aim to foster and harness a love and thirst for knowledge of history and geography amongst our children, inspiring them to be inquisitive and to develop a desire to learn, not only about their local area, but to develop a global awareness of the world around them. Skills and knowledge within Humanities are taught in a context and with clear purpose. We aim to provide our children with memorable experiences and our Humanities work is enhanced by educational visits to places of historical and geographical interest.
Geography
In our school, the teaching of Geography inspires in our pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world. Our Geography curriculum aims to provoke and answer questions about the natural and human worlds, using different scales of enquiry to view them from different perspectives. Children are taught to develop knowledge of places and environments throughout the world, and understand maps and atlases. The children learn through an investigative approach, asking questions, gathering and recording geographical information and using various resources. Geographical knowledge is taught alongside the development of subject specific skills including; being able to collect, analyse and communicate data gathered through field work, being able to interpret a range of sources of geographical information and to communicate geographical information.
Geography is important in our school as through a topic-based approach, it provides a means of exploring, appreciating and understanding the world in which we live and how it has evolved. We want pupils to develop respect for people different to themselves and also the environment. As pupils study geography, they encounter different societies and cultures, which helps them realise how nations rely on each other. It can inspire them to think about their own place in the world, their values and their rights and responsibilities to other people and the environment.
History
Our History curriculum inspires curiosity about the past and how it has shaped the world in which we live today. It focuses on enabling children to think like historians and to recognise that studying history is relevant and exciting. Our curriculum is planned to ensure historical knowledge is taught alongside the development of subject specific skills including; chronology, interpretations of evidence, changes within a time and across time periods and cause and consequence.
We want pupils to ask pertinent questions about the past, analyse evidence, think critically, appreciate different perspectives and develop informed judgements. Pupils consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like, how these societies organised themselves, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people’s actions. As they do this, pupils develop a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people.
History is taught through broad, challenging and inspiring topics which are used to deliver the content within a meaningful context and wherever possible, make connections to learning in other subjects. The topics have been designed to complement and build on one another with clear progression and links so that in subsequent year groups they will be able to explore concepts deeper, applying their knowledge in different contexts.
The children learn about local, British, European and international history, and the historical order in which people lived and events happened. They are also taught how the past can be shown and explained in different ways. Within the teaching history, we promote our school values and the character development of our pupils.
The aim of our Humanities curriculum is to ensure that our children develop the necessary skills to equip them to make sense of a complex and dynamically changing world and thus, become global citizens. We aim to foster and harness a love and thirst for knowledge of history and geography amongst our children, inspiring them to be inquisitive and to develop a desire to learn, not only about their local area, but to develop a global awareness of the world around them. Skills and knowledge within Humanities are taught in a context and with clear purpose. We aim to provide our children with memorable experiences and our Humanities work is enhanced by educational visits to places of historical and geographical interest.
Geography
In our school, the teaching of Geography inspires in our pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world. Our Geography curriculum aims to provoke and answer questions about the natural and human worlds, using different scales of enquiry to view them from different perspectives. Children are taught to develop knowledge of places and environments throughout the world, and understand maps and atlases. The children learn through an investigative approach, asking questions, gathering and recording geographical information and using various resources. Geographical knowledge is taught alongside the development of subject specific skills including; being able to collect, analyse and communicate data gathered through field work, being able to interpret a range of sources of geographical information and to communicate geographical information.
Geography is important in our school as through a topic-based approach, it provides a means of exploring, appreciating and understanding the world in which we live and how it has evolved. We want pupils to develop respect for people different to themselves and also the environment. As pupils study geography, they encounter different societies and cultures, which helps them realise how nations rely on each other. It can inspire them to think about their own place in the world, their values and their rights and responsibilities to other people and the environment.
History
Our History curriculum inspires curiosity about the past and how it has shaped the world in which we live today. It focuses on enabling children to think like historians and to recognise that studying history is relevant and exciting. Our curriculum is planned to ensure historical knowledge is taught alongside the development of subject specific skills including; chronology, interpretations of evidence, changes within a time and across time periods and cause and consequence.
We want pupils to ask pertinent questions about the past, analyse evidence, think critically, appreciate different perspectives and develop informed judgements. Pupils consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like, how these societies organised themselves, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people’s actions. As they do this, pupils develop a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people.
History is taught through broad, challenging and inspiring topics which are used to deliver the content within a meaningful context and wherever possible, make connections to learning in other subjects. The topics have been designed to complement and build on one another with clear progression and links so that in subsequent year groups they will be able to explore concepts deeper, applying their knowledge in different contexts.
The children learn about local, British, European and international history, and the historical order in which people lived and events happened. They are also taught how the past can be shown and explained in different ways. Within the teaching history, we promote our school values and the character development of our pupils.
