History
EYFS:
At Petersgate Infant School, children in EYFS will start their learning and understanding of history through the Early Learning Goal (ELG) 'Past and Present' within 'Understanding the World'. The children will find out about their families and past events in their family's history by creating family albums, looking at family photos and sharing family stories. The text driver 'Journey Home from Grandpa's' gives opportunities for the children to develop a sense of change over time by exploring old vs new transport. The text driver 'Supertato' is used to teach the children about people who helped us in the past, such as Mary Seacole, and in the present day. The EYFS team encourage investigation and deeper thinking by asking a variety of questions and use language relating to time throughout the school day to help the children develop their understanding of chronology.
KS1:
At Petersgate Infant School, we have developed a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum in history to ensure that the children leave our school with a secure understanding of chronology, can contribute to a historical enquiry and have found enjoyment in learning about the past. Through various units of study, the children will explore: changes withing living memory, significant events beyond living memory, significant historical events, people and places within our locality and the lives of significant individuals who have contributed to national and international achievements. Each unit of study has its own enquiry-based question, which the children will seek to answer by the end of the unit by following the '6-step enquiry approach'. This enables the children to develop and imbed their historical knowledge and skill and we revisit each of these throughout KS1. We use artefacts/historical objects, photos from the past, school trips and technology to provide the children with exciting and enriching experiences throughout the history curriculum.
