History

History Curriculum Intent

The Hamford History Curriculum is designed to inspire a curiosity of the past by exposing children to a rich, complex and diverse set of historical people, places and ‘wow’ moments. Children will build a developing and deepening set of historical knowledge so they are increasingly able to build rich and detailed historical mental maps by making comparisons and identifying patterns from what they are learning.

Our Curriculum

The History Curriculum is designed to give pupils a broad knowledge and understanding of the past at local, national and global level.  It encourages children to be curious to ask and explore powerful questions of the past. The curriculum will teach pupils to express opinions and develop judgements about the world that are rooted in evidence, while understanding the processes of history and the historian's craft; be a detective and a storyteller. 

Through the History curriculum, children develop a knowledge and understanding of past events to enable them to enact critically with the present while developing a lifelong love of history that goes beyond the classroom. 

The Hamford History Curriculum is designed to give pupils a broad and detailed knowledge of people and places from around the world.  It purposefully blends a focus on time with the exploration of key historical concepts, drawing on examples at local, national and international level throughout. 

The knowledge of the curriculum is broken down into four key strands: 

Substantive Knowledge

• Historical terms, knowledge, cornerstone concepts, chronology and narrative

Disciplinary Knowledge

• Using evidence

• Cause and consequence

• Change and continuity