History
Intent At St Leonard's, we provide a high-quality, inclusive history curriculum that has been carefully designed and sequenced to equip our children with a secure, coherent knowledge about British, local, and world history. Curriculum content is knowledge, vocabulary, and experience rich, allowing children to develop their understanding of abstract historical concepts as they move through school.
Our curriculum reflects our locality and ensures children are knowledgeable about their local history and the changes it has seen. It promotes curiosity, encouraging children to be inquiring learners who explore the past with an independent mindset, asking and investigating historically valid questions through an enquiry-based approach. Children are inspired to draw on skills from across the curriculum to report their findings, developing both substantive knowledge and disciplinary skills, essential for understanding what it is to be a historian.
By studying a range of cultures and historical perspectives, children become respectful, tolerant, and empathetic to the diverse world in which they live. St. Leonard's students will leave as knowledgeable, independent thinkers, able to weave together key people, events, and time periods into informed and overarching historical narratives, driven by an inspirational love for learning about the past.
"History, the study of the past, is all around us; we are continually making history through our thoughts, words and actions. History is personal and global; it is everyday life and momentous occasions. History is about people." (Historical Association)
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History Overview
Year 4 Cotton Industry (local history)
History Displays
Year 3 history.
Year 2 Remembrance Day
Year 5 - Vikings
Year 2 - Great Fire of London Workshop
Interviewing Samuel Pepys - Year 2
Year 5 - Poppies and Poetry Workshop
Year 6 - Islamic Civilisation visitor
