History
The aim of the History curriculum at Croft is to give children a broad range of knowledge of different periods and cultures across History. They are encouraged to compare and contrast those periods as well as considering the impact they have on our current times. We believe there is a moral purpose to History education and particularly the achievements and follies of mankind, therefore the events and individuals chosen are done so with this in mind. The key concepts that are threaded through the Croft curriculum are central to the study and understanding of History and underpin the different units. The consistent focus of history across the school is on people; those who have influenced our world or what it was like for people to live at different times in the past. By the end of Year 6 we hope that children have taken on board the key concepts taught to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the world and that they go out into the world and make a difference in the world for good.
Our history topics are informed through the National Curriculum as well as the context of the local area and the interests of the children. We use the progression of skills grids on the following pages to ensure that children are taught historical skills and that those skills progress as they move up through school. We believe it is essential that children have a broad and balanced view of history and not a narrow or stereo-typed narrative. Therefore, we are careful in our choice of significant individuals we study from the past and aim to give children different viewpoints of history, including the significance and inspiration of different individuals, for example Jacques Cousteau and women as much as men, for example Year 6 look at Irene Sendler’s role in the Kindertransport as well as Nicholas Winterton.
We want children to leave Croft understanding that History has not only been shaped by huge empires and powerful leaders but by those who spoke out when others had no voice.
Geography
Geography is at the very core of the curriculum at Croft Church of England Primary School. It is designed to inspire children’s curiosity and interest to explore the world that we live in and its people, which aims to ignite a lifelong love of learning.
The geography curriculum enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferrable to other curriculum areas. Geography is an investigative subject, which develops an understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills. At Croft Church of England Primary School our intent, when teaching geography, is to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and people within it; to promote the children’s interest and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.
