The aims of history within the primary curriculum for Danes Educational Trust are to inspire pupils’ curiosity about the past and develop their understanding of how history shapes the present. It seeks to equip our pupils with the skills to ask perceptive questions, think critically, and weigh evidence. The curriculum aims to help pupils develop a coherent knowledge of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. Through engaging and meaningful learning experiences, it fosters a sense of identity and an appreciation of the complexity and diversity of human history through looking at significant people, places and events over time.
The disciplinary concepts (DC) that we focus on across Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 are:
The overarching substantive concepts that we focus on are: Chronology, Power, War and conflict and Society and civilisation.
The table below gives an overview of each of the units studied in each year group:
All children are taught the full curriculum, with adaptations made where required for SEND children. These include, but are not limited to, scaffolding of tasks, changes to the way the children record their learning, and focussing on particular key skills and concepts.
