History at Acre Heads
At Acre Heads, our vision is to stimulate the children’s interest and understanding of the lives of people in the past as well as a wide variety of historical events. We aim to teach the children to think as historians, developing their enquiry, investigative, analytical and evaluative skills and knowledge. We want to inspire the children’s curiosity and instil a desire to learn more about the past and understand how it effects the present and future. We believe it is important to allow the children to be able to drive their own learning with a variety of challenges and activities which in turn raise pupil engagement and inspire a love of history.
The Teaching of History Through a Structured Process
Our History curriculum uses the National Curriculum aims as a basis for our curriculum planning in history, integrating a sequential development of knowledge whilst developing a range of skills and expansion of vocabulary across all key stages.
Overarching curriculum themes are planned through the school with specific historical themes detailed in the History Long Term Plan (LTP). These themes and associated objectives form the Scheme of Work for each year group ensuring a basis of retrieving and developing knowledge as detailed in the History Road Map.
This ensures that the our scheme of work identifies what pupils already know before outlining the new learning in the next stage of the learning journey. Children will use their knowledge about the past (substantive knowledge) and their knowledge about how historians investigate the past and how they construct historical claims, arguments and accounts (disciplinary knowledge). These are detailed through the year group’s knowledge organisers.
Scheme of Work Structure
Lesson 1
Establish what the children already know from previous themes and introduce three key enquiry questions. Children are given the opportunity to create their own lines of enquiry, with the aim of answering all questions by the end of the theme. Our initial focus is chronology; ensuring pupils understand where their new unit of learning fits in relation to historical periods previously studied.
Unit Lessons
Throughout the unit of work, pupils acquire new knowledge, skills and experiences as they delve into the past. Each lesson begins with a retrieval activity, designed to revisit previous learning and strengthen the recall of key and sticky knowledge.
Summary
The unit of learning finishes with a summary of the period studied. The enquiry questions from the beginning of the theme, including the pupil lines of enquiry, are revisited to ensure these have been answered.
Progression of Knowledge through the Year Groups
Impact of History at Acre Heads
Our pupils study the past through a range of different timescales. They have the opportunity to learn about a range of historical places, societies and cultures. Their studies build on established knowledge, vocabulary and enhances their knowledge by referencing other time periods, deepening their understanding (Romans – Vikings invaders).
Our children learn about a range of different types of historical enquiry; social, political, economic and cultural history. Our curriculum prepares pupils for life in modern Britain and supports pupils to make sense of their own experiences and identity within their local community, Britain and the world.
History Journal Example
“I enjoyed the visit to York Chocolate Story and finding out Chocolate is referred as the ‘food of the gods’. The phrase has its roots from the Mayan religion.”
“Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon in 1969”
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“It was very hard living times for the British population during and after WWII, as rationing was introduced in January 1940 and lasted until 1954.”
“Due to the invasions by the Romans and Vikings, they had a huge impact on the civilisations on The United Kingdom.”
Todays evacuees have set off on their way to Murton Park #year6 #acreheads #ww2 #history #theme Murton Park ... See MoreSee Less
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Our evacuees have left Acre Heads for their visit to Murton Park, we hope you have a great day #acreheads #year6 #schooltrip #history #theme #ww2 @murtonpark #evacuee ... See MoreSee Less
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I clearly didn’t get the memo about it being dress up 🤦🏻♀️
We held a whole school Remembrance Assembly this morning. We listened to Mr Sitch talking about the World Wars and why we have Remembrance Sunday. The children all behaved impeccably whilst we remembered the fallen with a minutes silence and listened to the last post. When you are next at school please take a look at the wonderful remembrance windows #acreheads #wholeschool #remembrance Royal British Legion #assembly #history ... See MoreSee Less
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Well done guys your a credit to the school
Well done Acre heads 🥰
Well done Acre Heads Primary. We will remember them. x
Well done Acre Heads Primary ❤️
Well done Acre Head x
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Well done to Ted, he has made this fantastic tank for his year 6 homework project based around their current topic ‘World War 2’ The task set was to design and create your own WW2 model tank #acreheads #homework #termlyproject #year6 #history 👏🏻🤩 ... See MoreSee Less
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Well done son x
Great job Ted! ⚡️🧡
All the hard works paid off Ted well done xx
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Well done that's brill👏
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As part of their Mayan theme Year 3 have been making salt dough tiles of their ‘glyphs’. After shaping and carving their tiles they will be baked in the oven. We are looking forward to seeing the end product #acreheads #year3 #theme #dt #history ... See MoreSee Less
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In Mrs Baker’s assembly yesterday we were discussing Black History Month and this year their theme is 'Saluting our Sisters'. The assembly focussed on Olivia Morris who was a black activist and came to join her parents after they came here as part of the Windrush generation #acreheads #assembly #history ... See MoreSee Less
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