History

Purpose of Study

At Southridge, we employ an enquiry-based approach to learning where children endeavour to answer three 'Big Questions' over the course of the academic year. Pupils develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history and develop their skills as historians year on year.

The National Curriculum states that 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.