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History
At Shawley Community Primary Academy, we provide an ambitious history education to help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. This inspires pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past and the impact on the present day. Learning equips pupils with the ability to critically analyse contrasting arguments and make interpretations of the past.
History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time. By the time they leave primary school, pupils will have a coherent understanding of historical concepts and historical enquiry.
Throughout KS1, pupils work to develop an understanding of chronology and identify significant periods of time.
Throughout KS2, pupils focus on a range of significant time periods including the Egyptians in Year 3, the Romans, Greeks and Tudors in Years 4 and 5 to the Mayans, Sikh Empire and World War 2 in Year 6.
Pupils are given the opportunity to develop and embed a sense of time, understand how civilisations were interconnected and to understand how some historical events occurred concurrently.
