History

At St Filumena’s Catholic Primary School we want every child to be happy and enthusiastic learners of History, and to be eager to achieve their very best in order to fulfil their God-given talents. We firmly believe that the recipe for success is high quality first teaching in History, which is central to the life of our happy, caring school. 

Theodore Roosevelt once said, 

               "The more we know about the past, the better prepared we are for the future." 

Our school curriculum aims to prepare our children for the future. In history, we see this as an opportunity for children to develop their understanding of events of the past and understand how these events have shaped those of today and indeed, those of the future.  

Historical events intrigue and they have shaped our lives today. This aspect informs our approach to the teaching of history and we aim to develop critical thinking through enquiry based learning.

Our study of history across the school is supported through the development of disciplinary concepts: chronology; similarity and difference; continuity and change; significance, cause and consequence; and interpretation of sources. These concepts are intertwined throughout our history curriculum, revisited at regular intervals and built upon as children move through the school. 

Units of study are carefully chosen to cover changes in living memory with changes in national life, significant events both nationally and globally, the lives of significant individuals and events of a local significance too. Units develop further to explore British, local and world history, developing understanding of the complexity of our past.

When studying history, we want our children to be inspired by curiosity and build their knowledge about the past. We want children to think critically, study evidence and develop their own perspective about events of the past.