History

The intent of the history curriculum at Ashby Hill Top Primary School is to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum which is inclusive to all children regardless of starting points.  At Ashby Hill Top, we regard the children as historians who are inquisitive about the past in both Britain and the wider world enabling them understand how the significant people in the past influence present day and how and why people interpret the past in different ways.

The National Curriculum has directed the decision of what periods of history are covered at Ashby Hill Top Primary school. However, the history curriculum has been planned and structured with profound consideration regarding the sequence of learning to ensure children link current learning to previous learning.
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The history curriculum at Ashby Hill Top instils a range of imperative skills:

• Children gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and the wider world.
• Promotes curiosity and higher order questioning.
• To think critically, weigh up evidence and use judgement.
• To understand the complexity of people’s lives and process of change.
• To recognize the diversity of societies and relationships between groups as well as their own identity.
• Draw on similarities and differences within given time frames and across previously taught History.