HISTORY INTENT 

At Carter’s Charity Primary School, we want every child to be enthusiastic learners of History, and to be eager to achieve their very best. History fires the children’s curiosity about the past in Britain and the wider world and plays an essential part in preparing them for living and working in the contemporary world. Children consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like, how these societies organised their politics, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people’s actions. As they do this, children develop a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people. They see the diversity of human experience and understand more about themselves as individuals and members of society.

We aim to provide the children with a rich and diverse History curriculum, equipping them with a coherent knowledge and understanding. Through a detailed study of key knowledge from different historical periods, pupils will also develop an understanding of abstract historical terms and specific vocabulary. Our intention is to encourage children to think critically, ask questions, think and act as historians and evaluate evidence, which allows them to develop a broad understanding of the complexity of people’s lives and historic events. We aim for children to investigate and interpret the past, understand chronology and be able to communicate historically.