History
Burnley Road Academy 1879 - Current Day
At Burnley Road Academy, we provide an exciting and thought provoking History curriculum. we aim to engage and encourage children to ask questions, lead their own learning and explore ways to develop their history knowledge and skills.
The curriculum will inform children of past historical events and significant people, which will allow them to understand how people have changed the world. Teaching is stimulating, personal and provides the children with life skills such as empathy, independence and questioning skills.
History is part of our 3D curriculum and therefore has links across other subjects. To assess the children's knowledge and content of our curriculum, we use cumulative quizzes throughout the unit. see below for an example of a cumulative quiz and unit overview.
Intent, Implementation & Impact Statement
Progression of Skills & Knowledge
Our History curriculum is designed to help children develop a coherent understanding of the past through a well-sequenced progression of historical knowledge, chronological understanding, and enquiry skills. As pupils move through school, they revisit and build on key historical concepts to deepen their understanding of how people, events, and societies have shaped the world today. Attached below are the History Skills and Vocabulary Progression documents:
The History Curriculum
All about substantive concepts, key historical skills and historical enquiry skills in the history curriculum:
Example unit overview and example cumulative quiz
Policy
Cultural Capital in History
‘It is the essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought and said and helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.’
Ofsted School Inspection Handbook 2019
History is a subject that lends itself well to development of cultural capital. Teachers deliver engaging history lessons which provide links to the past in the children's local and wider community. The curriculum incorporates significant historical eras from Britain's past and how those various historical eras link with other civilisations around the world.
The school is fortunate to be surrounded by a rich and abundant historical environment, Ted Hughes, The Cragg Coiners, The Piece Hall, The Halifax Gibbet for example, which makes the study of local history particularly stimulating.