History is a valued part of the curriculum at Millbrook Primary School as it provides a means of exploring, appreciating and understanding the world in which we live and how it has evolved by asking where? when? what? and why?
History stimulates curiosity and imagination building upon the child’s innate curiosity about the past. We encourage children to learn by experience and we value looking at artefacts, visiting museums and places of historical interest as an integral part of the history curriculum. At Millbrook Primary school, we believe in the importance of history as stated in ‘History, Primary National Curriculum, 2014, “A high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time. ” (page 188).
We encourage children to learn by experience and we value fieldwork when pupils find evidence, weigh it up and reach their own conclusions as an integral part of the history Curriculum. To do this, they need to be able to research, sift through evidence, and argue for their point of view – skills that are prized in adult life.
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