Mayfield Primary SchoolHistory
HISTORY LEADER
Mr Taylor
'ALWAYS START WITH WHY'
What is History?
We are in our latest cycle of renewal since we implemented our new curriculum during the challenging Covid-19 times of 2020 and we have tried in this case to address three aspects in our latest evaluation and upgrades that we feel will impact further upon our children's learning and progress as historians.
1) Consider history in broader sense and placing a central emphasis upon what can be termed the disciplinary concepts and skills involved in being a historian. 'What is History?' and 'How do Historians work?' are questions that we are establishing in our latest upgrades and revisions. These are forming a constant central thread in our work.
2) Tightening the coverage in our planning and materials, by creating Knowledge Guides made by the subject leader to assist the class teachers in planning for progression, covering less but in more depth (even repeating key knowledge and skills) and keeping a focus upon the procedural knowledge of a historian whilst ensuring our declarative, or substantive, knowledge (the facts of the matter) remain pertinent and builds a sensible narrative with clear threads through the seven year journey.
3) Using our work from our recent Formative Assessment Project with the local authority team within our most recent upgrades and review. This includes our precise use of vocabulary. Take a look at our rationale for vocabulary and our Historian's Glossary - both available to download below.
We have received extensive training on the above as a team of subject leaders and continue to work on these aspects as our current body of work whilst trying out ideas and receiving external views and feedback - taking our training and learning into the classroom.
Our wider and extra curricular enrichment offer in History is: The Boot Room - and its historian angle on football history. It is a fabulous learning space - both indoors and outdoors!
SO, WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE TEACH, HOW WE TEACH AND WHY WE TEACH?
TAKE A LOOK AT THE ITEMS BELOW, MOST OF WHICH ARE TAKEN FROM OUR 'WHAT IS HISTORY?' POLICY AND GUIDE BOOK, OR DOWNLOAD THE FULL COPY AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AT THE BASE OF THE PAGE.
