We want our children to feel inspired by their exploration of a range of cultures, time periods and the physical world and use this to complement their learning in other areas of the curriculum.
Through inspirational enrichment topic days, lessons, prior knowledge and our children’s curiosity, we develop their understanding of British history and geography, as well as that of the wider world.
We provide children with the opportunity to advance their skills of enquiry, help them to understand and use key historical vocabulary and concepts, provide opportunities for making and doing, deliver reading and writing across the humanities curriculum, as well as teach new skills. In our curriculum, we equip our children with the skills to ask perceptive questions, think critically, consider evidence, develop opinions and make judgement.

Implementation

Through the creative curriculum, which takes place every Friday, children learn a History or Geography theme for the full day. This can be delivered in a number of ways, with lots of cross-curricular links; such as cookery, art, drama, music or dance. We believe this style of teaching allows for a deeper engagement from the children, which leads to all children accessing the lessons, in an enquiry based and motivated way. We use our local area and trips to allow children opportunities to conduct fieldwork, collect and analyse their own data and increase their knowledge of the physical and human worlds and their influence on each other; as well as teach facts and information for deeper understanding and knowledge.

Impact

Our children will then be able to identify the key skills they have been taught in each subject. They will be able to recall the engaging lessons in which they have participated and will have fostered a love of learning, in a creative way. Through both the creative curriculum and differentiation, those children who may not always succeed academically, are able to thrive in a more hands on, creative way, giving them a chance to be successful. Our children will be able to speak confidently about both History and Geography and will be able to apply the skills and knowledge they have learnt in their future academics.

Progression of Skills for Geography

Progression of Skills for History

St John’s EYFS Curriculum

Whole School Curriculum Overview 2021 Y1-Y6