History should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past.  The Coates Lane History curriculum is designed so that pupils understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups.  Through making links to the local area and themselves, the curriculum supports children to gain a sense of their own identity within a social, political, cultural and economic background.

In line with the national curriculum 2014, the History curriculum at Coates Lane aims to ensure that all pupils:

• Gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world which helps to stimulate pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past;
• Are encouraged to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement;
• Begin 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.

The file below shows the overview of learning across the school.