A Venn Academy Trust School
– Together we will…
Venn is a pioneering academy trust, committed to building educational environments where all pupils are inspired to become lifelong learners who achieve the very highest standards possible.
Collaborating with all partners, the Trust works with its unique settings to create world class learning experiences for all.
History
Ambition
At Brooke Primary Academy, children will:
- develop a well-rounded knowledge of history
- understand the chronology of British history and worldwide civilisations (aren’t planned chronological)
- build on their local historical understanding and how that impacts the community
- think like a historian – critically and analytically
- develop a sense of pride in their locality and its past, through a love of history
Implementation
The curriculum is led and overseen by the History lead, who undertakes a regular programme of monitoring, evaluation and review. The celebration of good practice will contribute to our ongoing commitment to evolve and improve further. Our Venn partner schools enhance this approach, as we can draw upon a variety of experiences and expertise across the academy.
The teaching, learning and sequencing of the history curriculum enables and creates:
- a curriculum designed to ensure coverage and progression in all skills relating to History.
- KS1, the development of historical skills, which focus on the world around them and within living memory, before exploring events beyond living memory. This ensures a firm foundation for KS2 history.
- KS2, a History curriculum set out in chronological order to allow children to reference the previous events in time, and to refer to this prior learning year-on-year and within the year.
We have developed a progression of skills set out in order to build and develop the pupils’ chronological understanding; their knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past; connections and historical links; differing interpretations of History; and, historical enquiry. Across the year groups, these skills will complement the deliberate development of long-term memory.
Impact
By the time pupils leave Brooke Primary Academy our children will be increasingly critical and analytical thinkers, making informed and balanced judgements based on their knowledge of the past. They will be developing an understanding of how historical events have shaped the world that they live in both nationally, internationally and locally.
Our children will develop enquiry skills to pursue their own interests within a topic, developing further questioning. Where applicable, children will have encountered/participated–in high-quality visits/visitors to further appreciate the impact of History. Children are to retain prior-learning and explicitly make connections between what they have previously learned and what they are currently learning.
Further information and resources
What is your favourite subject and why?
“English because I love writing stories and poems.”
What is your favourite subject and why?
“Topic and Art are my favourite lessons because they push me to my limits and are fun.”
What do you like about the teachers?
“They tell jokes and help us learn.”
“A football player because I like playing sports. I think being a good writer would help me so I know how to sign contracts.”
What is the best thing you have done in school?
“I love the school trips and when we go to the church to sing.”
What is your favourite subject and why?
“Art because it calms me down and it’s great fun.”
What would you say to a child who is worried about joining this school?
“We will look after you and help you.”
What is the best thing you have done in school?
“I enjoy the school trips to the museum so I can learn.”
“PSHE links to real life and I like that. PSHE is about me and the real world. ”
What is the best thing you have done in school?
“Everything. I enjoy every single second of school.”
What is your favourite subject and why? –
“Maths because I love numbers and adding.”
What is your favourite subject and why? –
“I love P.E. because I am a real sports person and enjoy being creative.”
” My dream is to be a nurse or a doctor. I need to be able to read, to write, to spell people’s names.”
What is your favourite subject and why?
“Art because I like drawing and sometimes my work goes on the wall.”
“I like PSHE because you get to learn about real life.”
What do you like about the teachers?
“They make me feel safe.”
What is the best thing you have done in school?
“The best thing I’ve done at school was going to William’s Den and building my own den.”
What is the best thing you have done in school?
“I really enjoy playing for the school football team.”
What do you like about the teachers?
“They are helpful and kind.”