Implementation: how we teach history

History in its own right
At More Park, history is taught as a subject in its own right, so children can build the skills of a real historian. Every year group enjoys three terms of history and three of geography, which gives each subject the time and focus it deserves. Every child is celebrated for their own strengths and given learning challenges that are right for them.

Our history curriculum begins with the children’s own lives and “ripples outwards” to the wider world and further back in time. Children are always comparing their own world with the past: How was life different? What’s still the same? That makes history personal, and it helps them see where they fit in the story.

Knowledge at their fingertips
Every topic has its own knowledge organiser, which is glued into the front of each child’s book. It’s a quick reference for the key facts and vocabulary they need, and children come back to it again and again during lessons.

Real sources, real history
History at More Park is hands-on. In lessons, children explore artefacts, replicas and reading materials for themselves, and work out what they can tell us about the past. 

Thinking like a historian
As children move into Key Stage 2, they learn to question and challenge what they read and see: Who made this? Why? Can we trust it? These skills help them understand how complicated the world is and where it came from.