History 

 

The Intent of History at Kirkburton First School

At Kirkburton First School, we aim to provide high-quality History curriculum that will inspire the children's curiosity and interest in Britain's past and that of the wider world. The curriculum we provide will equip learners with knowledge and understanding about significant aspects of history highlighted in the National Curriculum.

Pupil's will be develop an increasing knowledge and understanding of people's lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity.

The National Curriculum for History aims to ensure that all pupils:

• 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.

The Implementation of History at Kirkburton First School

Key Documents

KFS History Knowledge Progression 2023-2025 History Skills Progression

Below are the History Knowledge Organisers for each year group. 

Key Stage 1 History Units

• KS1 A - Coal Mining Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineKS1 A - Coal Mining Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• KS1 A - Nelson Mandela Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineKS1 A - Nelson Mandela Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• KS1 A - The Great Fire of London Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineKS1 A - The Great Fire of London Knowledge Organiser and MTP

 

• KS1 Year B - Gunpowder Plot Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineKS1 Year B - Gunpowder Plot Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• KS1 Year B - Mary Seacole Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineKS1 Year B - Mary Seacole Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• KS1 Year B - Toys Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineKS1 Year B - Toys Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• KS1 Year B Grace Darling Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineKS1 Year B Grace Darling Knowledge Organiser and MTP

 

Key Stage 2 History Units

• Year 3 Local Study of Kirkburton Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 3 Local Study of Kirkburton Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• Year 3 Stone Age to Iron Age Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 3 Stone Age to Iron Age Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• Year 3 The Changing Roles of Women Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 3 The Changing Roles of Women Knowledge Organiser and MTP

 

• Year 4 - Ancient Civilizations Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 4 - Ancient Civilizations Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• Year 4 - Ancient Egypt Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 4 - Ancient Egypt Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• Year 4 - The Anglo Saxons Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 4 - The Anglo Saxons Knowledge Organiser and MTP

 

• Year 5 - Ancient Greece Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 5 - Ancient Greece Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• Year 5 - The Victorians and the Industrial Revolution Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 5 - The Victorians and the Industrial Revolution Knowledge Organiser and MTP
• Year 5 - Turning Points - The First World War Knowledge Organiser and MTP download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 5 - Turning Points - The First World War Knowledge Organiser and MTP

 For details of the Year 6 History Curriculum taught at Kirkburton Middle School, please click here.

The Impact of History at Kirkburton First School

High quality teaching, trips and visitors mean that children enjoy and rich and varied History curriculum. Every History lesson begins with a Flashback to revisit and embed previous learning. 

Within each unit of learning, children access:

• A 'Big Debate' question to promote strong oracy.
• A 'Big Question' to demonstrate and help assess the sticky knowledge and skills they have learnt in the unit.
• Each lesson ends with children recording briefly what they have learnt that lesson, so that their knowledge builds up over time. This record is revisited at the start of every lesson, so that learning is effectively linked.