History
At our school, History is taught through the Kapow Primary scheme, a highquality, carefully sequenced curriculum designed to help children develop a deep understanding of the past and how it shapes our world today. Kapow’s History programme is built as a spiral curriculum, meaning children revisit important concepts over time, gaining greater depth and sophistication in their understanding as they move through the school.
Throughout their learning, pupils explore:
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Key historical knowledge – including local, British, and world history
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Chronology – understanding how events fit together across different time periods
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Important historical concepts – such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity and difference, and significance
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Historical enquiry skills – learning how to question evidence, compare sources, and form reasoned conclusions
Kapow’s curriculum fully aligns with the National Curriculum for History, ensuring children gain both the factual knowledge and the analytical skills they need as young historians.
As children progress, they learn to think critically, ask meaningful questions, and appreciate how people’s lives, choices, and actions have shaped the world. This approach helps develop empathy, curiosity, and a strong understanding of how the past influences the present.
Overall, our ambition is for every child to leave primary school with a secure sense of chronology, a confident understanding of key historical events and cultures, and the ability to approach the past like a historian—reflective, analytical, and eager to learn more.