History

At Pakefield, we want our children to become historical enquires. The skills and knowledge that are developed in EYFS are built on as they progress through the school. The children will study local Cambridge history, national and global history to understand current global issues and reflect on the past. They will compare the lives of significant events and people. Our children will have a hands-on, active and creative experience through looking at different historical sources, replica artefacts that they can handle and through enriching trips. We are very fortunate to be based in Cambridge, where we will make links with high quality museums. The children's understanding will be enhanced through making links with other subjects such as Geography and Literacy. The skills and curiosity that they develop will continue to help them after they leave Chesterton; they will understand better their place in the world and will have empathy for others of different cultures and a firmer understanding of modern British values.

Pakefield Primary school us the National Curriculum for History which aims are:

• know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world
• know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires; characteristic features of past non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind
• gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’, ‘parliament’ and ‘peasantry’
• understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses
• understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed
• gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts: understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short- and long-term timescales

 Pakefield Primary uses the  Connected History scheme of learning to inform and support their planning. It is taught as a half termly topic, focusing on the knowledge and skills as stated in the National Curriculum.  

EYFS

The children will: 

• Talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members. 
• Know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions. 
• Talk about changes. 
• Build on their understanding that lives were different in the past. 

Key Stage 1

Pupils are taught about: 

• Changes within living memory. 
• Events beyond living memory that, are significant nationally or globally [for example, the Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through festivals or anniversaries]. 
• The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements [for example, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, Mary Seacole and/or Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell]. 
• Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality. 

Key Stage 2

Pupils are taught about: 

• Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. 
• The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. 
• Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots. 
• The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. 
• A local history study. 
• A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066. 
• The achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and a depth study of one of the following: Ancient Sumer; The Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt; The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China 
• Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world. 
• A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history – one study chosen from: early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900; Mayan civilization c. AD 900; Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300.