History

At Cranbrook Primary School, our History curriculum engages and excites children’s curiosity and supports the development of key historical knowledge, skills and concepts through the study of British and local history and other significant time periods and societies. In understanding periods, events and people from the past, our children will gain cultural capital and have a greater appreciation of today’s world and their place within it to become responsible global citizens. Pupils are encouraged to think critically and to express their views confidently by exploring four main concepts that are embedded throughout our history curriculum to enable them to develop their long term memory. We teach history on a world scale as well as on a personal scale to build an awareness of children’s own heritage, widen their horizons, and enable them to be aspirational about the role they can play in the future.