History Statement of Intent
At Willow Primary Academy our history curriculum will allow our children to gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. The curriculum is designed so that children gain this knowledge as they progress through the school. We also recognise the important role History plays in preparing our children with the skills that they need for life including: raising their aspirations; understanding how to be good and responsible citizens, understanding change and societal development and a context in which to understand themselves and others. It is vital that our children have access to the much wider world than their local community. We strive to inspire pupils’ curiosity about the past and to know more about the past. Our curriculum provides children with opportunities to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. Through the teaching of History, we endeavour to teach children to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationship between different groups, as we as their own identify and the challenges of their time. At Willow, teaching history is a way to broaden our pupils’ horizons, challenge any preconceived ideas and develop their life skills in order to prepare them for secondary school and beyond.
