History
Rationale for Topic Teaching
At St Mary's we teach History through our Topics. Each Topic has a Geography or History focus and then Art or DT are woven throughout.
Our Topic Curriculum is a creative and thematic approach to learning, that is mapped to the 2015 Primary National Curriculum to ensure comprehensive coverage of national expectations.
Topic Curriculum Intent
Our Topic lessons provide a rigorous essential skills framework that outlines the end of year expectations in all subjects. These essential skills are tied to activities and are age related to enable staff to track children’s progress and identify their individual learning needs. The children follow an engage, develop/secure and apply set of lessons which results in a Global Investigation at the end of each Topic. Children will be able to express their newly learnt knowledge through discussions around a global question at the end of each topic. The Global Investigation ties together the newly learnt skills and adapts their new knowledge to a current global question or affair. This can look like an end piece of art or design product, a debate or presentation. This is done either as an individual or as part of a team, so that the teacher can thoroughly assess each child.
A Journey Through Time
At St. Mary's, we aim to provide children with a spectrum of historical cultures and moments, engaging them through different areas of learning.
Key Documents
