Welcome to KSS History!

History - our intent.

Every child who leaves KSS will have the knowledge and understanding to become historians. We want our children to feel no limits and aspire to be archaeologists, museum curators, research analysts and archivists. Through our exciting topic drivers, we aim to provide interesting and stimulating experiences which promote historical thinking; developing an appreciation of the past, comparing this to the present day and how significant events and people have shaped world history with an understanding of how this affects us now. Through ensuring children gain a secure understanding by becoming inquisitive learners and analytic thinkers, evaluating a range of sources. Our curriculum has been meticulously planned and organised, so there is a clear progression of skills, knowledge and understanding of the past of our world and the people in it, whilst ensuring that the children are able to build upon prior knowledge.

Please see the attached overview document that explains the curriculum and the knowledge, skills and vocabulary progression map from Reception to Year 6. 

We have also begun creating Knowledge Organisers (KO) for each half-term and these have been added below. These are child-friendly documents that demonstrate how we will implement the new curriculum, including the powerful knowledge that we wish children to learn after each topic. The impact of our curriculum will be based on how well the children retain this knowledge.

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