'A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.'

Marcus Garvey

National Curriculum Programme of Study

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/239035/PRIMARY_national_curriculum_-_History.pdf

History Progression Document 

How we teach History at The Round House

The school uses a variety of different teaching and learning styles in history lessons to develop the children’s knowledge, skills and understanding in history. The children are immersed within a rich learning environment, in which they are can become absorbed within the topic that they are studying. This, in turn, creates a love of learning within the children. We believe, therefore, that our school provides children with a broad range of learning opportunities throughout their primary education.  

We believe children learn best when: 

• They are provided with opportunities to work independently or collaboratively 

• They are encouraged to ask as well as answer historical questions. 

• They have access to, and can handle, artefacts 

• They visit museums and places of interest, when applicable  

• They have access to secondary sources such as books and photographs 

• Visitors talk about personal experiences of the past, when applicable 

• They listen to and interact with stories from the past 

• They are shown, or use independently, resources from the internet and videos 

• They are able to use non-fiction books for research 

We recognise the fact that we have a wide range of children within our classes, and so we provide suitable learning opportunities for all children by providing differentiated work within KS1 and KS2.  

The role of the teacher should include: 

• Providing children with both taught history lessons (teacher-led) and the opportunity to explore through role-play and more independently-driven activities.  

• Encouraging pupils to engage in class discussions, where children are given the opportunity to ask and answer historical questions, including considering issues such as cause and consequence.  

• Setting clear expectations of work within all history lessons, recognising the importance of maintaining a standard of English usage which correlates with work done in explicit English lessons. 

• Setting specific success criteria that focus on the required learning within each activity to help children both complete effectively and self assess their work. 

Teaching within EYFS 

History, although not taught explicitly within the Early Years classrooms, is evident in many of the different EYFS topics. Through a combination of exploratory play and class discussion, children start to develop their understanding of change over time in respect of their own lives. Teachers and teaching assistants will provide opportunities for exploratory role-play, opportunity for class discussions and will encourage conversations that require children to recall events from the past (whether this be in their own lives or within stories). More information about how history is taught within EYFS can be found below.  

Assessment

The assessment of pupil progress within History is on-going by the class teacher and is part of formative assessment.

Children are also assessed at the end of a topic in a variety of different ways depending upon the knowledge taught and year group expectations. This could include but is not limited to an extended piece of writing answering an essay style question, filling in a knowledge capture or poster-style format to share with their peers or quiz style multiple choice questions delivered in a range of formats to assess their knowledge and understanding of the relevant foundation subject.

Opportunities to engage with History at home

Below are links to a range of different learning opportunities to use at home. Explore and enjoy!

Seaside holidays

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/history.htm

The history of rainforests

thinkjungle.com/rainforests/rainforest-history-seasons/

Ancient Greece

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/z87tn39

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z36j7ty

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/gods/explore/exp_set.html  (The British Museum- Gods and Goddesses)

http://mystery-productions.com/hyper/Hypermedia_2003/Miller/AM_hypermedia/Artifact/go.htm(Adventures in Ancient Greece game)

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Greece.html

General History:

https://www.stneotsmuseum.org.uk/ - This includes: