History

At Easington Church of England Primary Academy our curriculum is designed to: inspire enthusiasm for learning, build on achievement and support pupil well-being and happiness to allow our learners a safe environment within which to flourish.

As a Church of England school, Christian values underpin all that we do. We provide a rich and stimulating learning environment based on our four core Christian values of :

Thankfulness, Respect, Compassion and Friendship

We recognise that we are educating children for an unrecognisable future and in order to be prepared for this we identified the following golden threads which are woven throughout our broad and balanced Curriculum:

Our Golden Threads through our curriculum

Foster curiosity.

Learn to disagree respectfully.

Be open to another way.

Find your wonderful – ambition and self worth

Within our inclusive environment our curriculum allows all children to ensure that Equity, Curiosity and Ambition are nurtured.

“A community working in harmony to achieve our God – given potential.”

…It is inspired by John 10:10:

“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

The history curriculum at Easington will inspire curious learners who develop a keen interest and empathy for events and people from the past, the causes/motivations and reasons our world has been – and continues to be – shaped and viewed as a result.

At Easington we deliver a high quality history curriculum (in line with the History NC 2014) with carefully chosen content, detail and breadth to ensure pupils acquire a coherent knowledge and understanding of the past both in Britain and the wider ancient civilisations. It will develop pupils’ chronological knowledge of periods of history and enable them to organise their learning into coherent narratives.

The curriculum aims to develop pupils’ skills in thinking and acting like historians to ensure that they not only acquire historical knowledge, but also that they can research, analyse and deduce inferences from a range of historical sources as well as construct accounts of the past through specific examples. Pupils will acquire coherent knowledge and understanding of the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups in the past. They will use this knowledge to analyse how the past has, and is, shaping the world and their lives today. Pupils are taught to ask questions, think critically, weigh up the evidence given and develop their own perspective and judgement. Children learn about local history, for example the rural context and progression of farming in the village, as well as studies of their city, Hull, in addition to significant national and global events. Local visits and field trips are promoted and used to provide deeper learning opportunities for the children, enabling them to apply the knowledge they have gained. 

History KS1 Lesson by Lesson – Cycle B

History KS1 Lesson by Lesson – Cycle A