Aims
In teaching History we aim that children will:

• Develop a sense of time (chronology) recognising how time is measured and that some things change and some things stay
  the same
• Investigate how and why events happen and how they may be linked
• Consider what it was like to live in different periods and what motivated the people who lived then- and recognise the areas where our thinking would not be the same as theirs
• Recognise that there are some things we can never know about the past and that history has to be constructed from the parts of the past that have survived
• Understand that people interpret the past differently and use different ways to present their ideas
• Make thoughtful use of a variety of sources to find out about the past
• Communicate their ideas in a variety of ways and with clarity and independence

Key Stage 1
Pupils learn about their own lives, about their families and friends in the recent past and about people and events from the more distant past. Some of the people and events selected for study are used to prepare the way for a better, deeper understanding of the same or similar periods at Key Stage 2.

Key Stage 2
Pupils work on all the areas of study identified in the National Curriculum, including both the Victorians and the Tudors. Teachers make references back to and draw upon, pupil's learning at Key Stage 1.