From ‘Understanding the World’ in EYFS, to then applying this understanding throughout our sequential History curriculum at St John’s, children are given opportunities to develop skills of enquiry, a sense of chronology and understand their cultural heritage. Learning is advanced in a progressive approach throughout EYFS and the Primary phases at St John’s to ensure that essential knowledge and skills are taught, developed and learnt – to make them ‘stick’.  

At St John's we are historians. 

What is our intent?

At St John’s we aim to:

• Promote in children an interest in the past and develop understanding that will enable them to be engaged with History. 
• Enable children to know about significant events in British History and appreciate how things have changed over time.
• Develop a sense of chronology.
• Understand how Britain is part of a wider European culture and to study some aspects of European History.
• Have some knowledge and understanding of historical development in the wider world.
• To help children understand society and their place within it, so that they develop a sense of their cultural heritage.
• Develop in children the skills of enquiry, investigation, analysis, evaluation and presentation.

How do we implement this aim?

• Links to other subjects.
• Development of skills and empathy.
• Examining artefacts.
• Using secondary and primary sources.
• Adapted to a local context.
• Skills taught through the National curriculum and corresponding Key Stage History.com
• Inclusion.

What impact does this have?

• Through planning: objectives set and assessment identified.
• Post learning assessment tool.
• Assessment tool grid.
• Vocabulary used.