{"id":2552,"date":"2026-01-20T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cc60bed6d139d48b6a5161293cff1291-16758.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/?page_id=2552"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:04:37","slug":"subject-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/curriculum\/curriculum-subject-pages\/subject-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Subject &#8211; History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2552\" class=\"elementor elementor-2552\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf55d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4cf55d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9190ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e9190ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c4256755-980d-4e8a-8aca-6d908b6f1738_1x1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3623\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c4256755-980d-4e8a-8aca-6d908b6f1738_1x1.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c4256755-980d-4e8a-8aca-6d908b6f1738_1x1-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd2b006 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd2b006\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae3a772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae3a772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History is who we are and why we are the way we are.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79387a6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79387a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c994c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c994c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7e1ff2d5-ee81-4834-af2b-6ca53f07e6ea_1x1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3625\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7e1ff2d5-ee81-4834-af2b-6ca53f07e6ea_1x1.png 660w, https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7e1ff2d5-ee81-4834-af2b-6ca53f07e6ea_1x1-300x107.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">History timeline in KS2<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d043d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d043d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e80f92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e80f92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Curriculum Intent\u00a0<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c37d0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8c37d0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a984a35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a984a35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The study of history can bring pupils into a rich dialogue with the past and with the traditions of historical enquiry. The past and changing accounts of the past have shaped the identities of diverse people, groups and nations. Through history, pupils come to understand their place in the world, and in the long story of human development. The study of history challenges pupils to make sense of the striking similarities and vast differences in human experiences across time and place. At Amberley, we want to:<\/p><ul><li>Incorporate our 3 core values into our teaching of history. We learn about events, time periods and people from the past who have shown\u00a0<strong>nurturing, innovation or aspiration<\/strong>\u00a0in their achievements.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Enable pupils to see\u00a0<strong>history as a narrative which all fits together to form \u2018the big picture\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0and not just discrete episodes of time. We know that the knowledge children learn must be connected as this strengthens the schema of a concept in their mind.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Enable pupils to see history as\u00a0<strong>who we are and why we are the way we are<br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/li><li>Develop life-long learners who\u00a0<strong>ask questions<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>challenge thinking<br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Promote curiosity<\/strong>\u00a0and a\u00a0<strong>love of learning about the past<\/strong>, including learning about how our\u00a0<strong>local area<\/strong> has changed and been affected by the past.<\/li><\/ul><p>All pupils are required to study history at KS1 and KS2 and follow the\u00a0<strong>national curriculum<\/strong>.\u00a0By following the national curriculum we aim to equip pupils to ask perceptive questions,\u00a0think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. In order to ensure a broad curriculum offer for\u00a0all pupils, a school\u2019s history curriculum should ensure that: there is a breadth of historical periods studied; a range of places and societies studied as well as the connections between them; that people, groups and experiences are studied, ensuring that no groups are misrepresented across the curriculum and a range of historical fields of enquiry are taught, for example, political, social and economic history. At Amberley we also believe in ensuring our curriculum is\u00a0<strong>personalised<\/strong>\u00a0to our local area and there has been careful consideration of what is taught in our history curriculum and why it was selected. We ask ourselves \u2018why that? Why now? How did it earn its place in our curriculum?\u2019<\/p><p>We also want our curriculum to be\u00a0<strong>diverse<\/strong>\u00a0and reflect all of our learners \u2013 we often use Emily Style\u2019s metaphor of the curriculum as the mirror and the window: the mirror signifying that pupils see themselves in our curriculum and the window representing our ambition to show all pupils the world beyond their immediate experience.<\/p><p>Pupils make\u00a0<strong>progress<\/strong>\u00a0in history through building their knowledge of the past (<strong>substantive<\/strong>\u00a0knowledge), and of how historians study the past and create accounts (<strong>disciplinary<\/strong>\u00a0knowledge). Deploying both substantive and disciplinary knowledge in combination is what gives pupils the capacity or skill to construct historical accounts \u2013 they are closely related as it is through disciplinary methods that pupils are able to construct substantive knowledge of the past. Teaching supports pupil progress by embedding frameworks of content and concepts that enable pupils to access future material. Abstract concepts are best learned through repeated exposures in different, meaningful contexts. The amount of progress that pupils make through the curriculum is dependent at each stage on the range and depth of their existing knowledge and how secure it is in their minds. This knowledge is what allows pupils to understand new material. Some knowledge is likely to be particularly important to future learning (generative knowledge). Pupils are likely to benefit when curriculum design, teaching, and assessment prioritise this knowledge.<\/p><p>At Amberley, the\u00a0<strong>substantive concepts<\/strong>\u00a0that we use are:<\/p><ul><li>artefacts; beliefs; conflict; culture and pastimes; food and farming; location; main events; settlements; society and travel and exploration.<\/li><\/ul><p>The\u00a0<strong>disciplinary concepts<\/strong>\u00a0that we use are:<\/p><ul><li>investigate and interpret the past; understand chronology; communicate historically and build an overview of world history.<\/li><\/ul><p>All of these concepts feature regularly throughout the study of history in a range of contexts so children become familiar with them across their time at Amberley. We understand that\u00a0<strong>repeated encounters<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>meaningful examples<\/strong>\u00a0make new information more familiar to pupils and therefore easier to learn.\u00a0<strong>Pupils\u2019 prior knowledge<\/strong>\u00a0also makes new information and abstract ideas more meaningful and therefore easier to comprehend and learn. Knowledge is\u00a0<strong>generative<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; it enables future learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a2ecd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56a2ecd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05dae8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05dae8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History at Amberley<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40be83f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40be83f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b5626f elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"1b5626f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/InformationandResources\/IQBO11o8kaptSroPyBNLvmjkAZmQs4iy3cN-yFZaAFACtTU?e=dUswuS\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"APS History Long Term Plan overview update Nov\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-file-pdf\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M369.9 97.9L286 14C277 5 264.8-.1 252.1-.1H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48v416c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h288c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V131.9c0-12.7-5.1-25-14.1-34zM332.1 128H256V51.9l76.1 76.1zM48 464V48h160v104c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24h104v288H48zm250.2-143.7c-12.2-12-47-8.7-64.4-6.5-17.2-10.5-28.7-25-36.8-46.3 3.9-16.1 10.1-40.6 5.4-56-4.2-26.2-37.8-23.6-42.6-5.9-4.4 16.1-.4 38.5 7 67.1-10 23.9-24.9 56-35.4 74.4-20 10.3-47 26.2-51 46.2-3.3 15.8 26 55.2 76.1-31.2 22.4-7.4 46.8-16.5 68.4-20.1 18.9 10.2 41 17 55.8 17 25.5 0 28-28.2 17.5-38.7zm-198.1 77.8c5.1-13.7 24.5-29.5 30.4-35-19 30.3-30.4 35.7-30.4 35zm81.6-190.6c7.4 0 6.7 32.1 1.8 40.8-4.4-13.9-4.3-40.8-1.8-40.8zm-24.4 136.6c9.7-16.9 18-37 24.7-54.7 8.3 15.1 18.9 27.2 30.1 35.5-20.8 4.3-38.9 13.1-54.8 19.2zm131.6-5s-5 6-37.3-7.8c35.1-2.6 40.9 5.4 37.3 7.8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/InformationandResources\/IQBO11o8kaptSroPyBNLvmjkAZmQs4iy3cN-yFZaAFACtTU?e=dUswuS\" target=\"_blank\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAPS History Long Term Plan overview update Nov\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History is who we are and why we are the way we are. History timeline in KS2 Curriculum Intent\u00a0 The study of history can bring pupils into a rich dialogue with the past and with the traditions of historical enquiry. The past and changing accounts of the past have shaped the identities of diverse people, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2347,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2552"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5990,"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2552\/revisions\/5990"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amberleyprimary.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}