History at Sacred Heart

“You have to know the past to understand the present.”

Carl Sagan

Intent

At Sacred Heart, the aim of our History teaching is to focus on enabling pupils to think as ‘Historians’. We explore primary and secondary sources, research historical events and ensuring that there is an understanding of the importance of how history shapes events of today. We bring the curriculum to life through visits and historical experts who visit school and provide hands-on learning opportunities.

We aim to help the children gain a thorough, coherent knowledge and understanding Britain’s past and that of the wider world, as well as equip children with important life skills, such as reasoning and scrutiny of facts, that can be learnt through history. We aim to inspire curiosity and give children the skills and experience of working things out for themselves to create their own meanings about the past. From developing a basic understanding of the past in EYFS, to analysing, questioning and challenging sources and information different periods of history in Year 6, children are always developing historical skills whilst building on their understanding of historical eras, making links and connections between different time periods.

Implementation