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25/03/23

A fabulous day of sportshall athletics for year 3/4 children. 19 schools took part with the top 3 as follows 🥉 🥈 🥇 pic.twitter.com/YuTmpQZfcM

24/03/23

A fabulous day of sportshall athletics for year 3/4 children. 19 schools took part with the top 3 as follows 🥉 🥈 🥇 pic.twitter.com/YuTmpQZfcM

23/03/23

Our amazing allotment pic.twitter.com/vKCqPdYeXh

03/02/23

Results of todays swimming gala! 🥉Little Thurrock 🥈 🥇 well done to all 9 schools that took part today! pic.twitter.com/5TpJfKtWWh

03/02/23

Results of todays swimming gala! 🥉Little Thurrock 🥈 🥇 well done to all 9 schools that took part today! pic.twitter.com/5TpJfKtWWh

21/01/23

A fabulous year 5/6 sports hall athletics event today with 21 schools taking part!! Our top 3 schools were 🥉 🥈 🥇 well done to everyone who took part! 🏃🏼‍♀️ 🏃🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/Ei4ZPowiWB

20/01/23

A fabulous year 5/6 sports hall athletics event today with 21 schools taking part!! Our top 3 schools were 🥉 🥈 🥇 well done to everyone who took part! 🏃🏼‍♀️ 🏃🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/Ei4ZPowiWB

14/10/22

An amazing day at the Conference today and feeling very proud of our very own Mrs Webb who won the Transforming Lives as a Leader Award pic.twitter.com/tC9jLnxnEg

12/10/22

Well done to all the KS2 children that took part in this year’s cross country events - one of the toughest events of the year and you all did incredibly well! We had plenty of individual success and the Year 6 boys won their team event 👏🏻🥇🥈🏃🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/BtIFJZnwGl

12/10/22

Sporting Success: here is another one of our amazing pupils after winning gold (doubles) and silver (singles) at a recent badminton event in Colchester! Congratulations - we are so proud of you 🏸🥇🥈 pic.twitter.com/mots999thP

12/10/22

Sporting Success: here is another one of our amazing pupils after winning gold (doubles) and silver (singles) at a recent badminton event in Colchester! Congratulations - we are so proud of you 🏸🥇🥈 pic.twitter.com/mots999thP

12/10/22

Well done to all the KS2 children that took part in this year’s cross country events - one of the toughest events of the year and you all did incredibly well! We had plenty of individual success and the Year 6 boys won their team event 👏🏻🥇🥈🏃🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/BtIFJZnwGl

29/09/22

So many different varieties of tomatoes and beans are grown in our allotment. Don’t forgot to stop by on Thursday each week to buy some of the produce pic.twitter.com/ZqIgzFQ95e

29/09/22

Our garden is thriving! Our pupils are enjoying tending the garden each day and selling their produce to their parents pic.twitter.com/rij1no0d4L

23/09/22

Cleverbox film crew at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower today filming for the conference 2022… A massive thank you to all the amazing staff and students for their invaluable support and participation. pic.twitter.com/biDwm4YecM

22/09/22

Cleverbox film crew at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower today filming for the conference 2022… A massive thank you to all the amazing staff and students for their invaluable support and participation. pic.twitter.com/biDwm4YecM

21/07/22

End of term treat time! pic.twitter.com/P81yG4ma9Y

14/07/22

Vocal chords are warm, smiles are ready and our choir are all set for their Junior Music Festival rehearsals 🎶 pic.twitter.com/sgkSfUbfDf

06/07/22

A huge well done to everyone at that helped us to achieve the Gold mark! 🥇👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/gVupX4r26u

06/07/22

A huge well done to everyone at that helped us to achieve the Gold mark! 🥇👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/gVupX4r26u

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History

History Intent, Implementation and Impact

History is the study of past events. People know what happened in the past by looking at things from the past including sources (like books, newspapers, and letters) and artefacts (like pottery, tools, and human or animal remains.)

A historian needs:

  • Thorough investigative and research skills
  • Good communication skills
  • An interest in human behaviour, culture and society
  • An enquiring mind

History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.

Intent: Introduction, Vision and Philosophy
The purpose of this document is to clarify the how, why, and what of history teaching at Harris Primary Mayflower. This is to be used by staff to clarify expectations, highlight the resources that we have at our disposal, and to ensure that a high-quality history curriculum is being taught to all. We want our children to be inquisitive and to question the information they are presented with to further their historical understanding.   We want children to understand how they, their family and friends are linked to historical fabric of the local area, country and the world. 

A high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.

Implementation:
What does history look like?

Overview:
The teaching of history builds on the Early Learning Goals for Understanding the World within the EYFS.

The rationale behind the sequence of learning we have chosen is to enable our children to start their historical exploration through discrete subject teaching. In year 1 children think about significant people and events that have occurred within living memory. In year 2, they move on to widen that knowledge to events and people that were significant beyond living memory. When the children move to Year 3, they learn British history chronologically. At the end of Year 6 the children exceed the expectations of the National Curriculum by looking at how London has changed since Roman times.

Throughout the whole school the secondary order concepts are returned to so that children develop the substantive and disciplinary knowledge needed by historians.

Each term a new unit is taught which is signposted by the use of a new unit cover in the child’s history book and an immersive activity to introduce the new topic of study.  We aim for a high-quality history curriculum which inspires pupil’s a curiosity and fascination about Britain’s past and that of the wider world. 

Unit
The sequence of learning has been outlined by the rationale (see attachment). Within each unit there is a pre-planned sequence of learning. Teachers plan the unit of work starting from the end point of the last history unit. Knowledge is then built-up week by week to move through the aspect of history being covered so that there is a clear progression of learning through each unit. The front cover of each unit displays the order in which the learning will happen and the relevant links to the National curriculum. The knowledge organiser that accompanies each unit makes the expectations of what must be known by every child clear. The content of each unit is shared with parents through our looking forward letters. These are also available on our website.


Typical Lesson
We aim to provide varied lessons, both in presentation and outcome, to allow children to fully immerse and engage with the subject.  However, lessons should include: pair and/or group activities, practical task with stimuli, written outcomes that are appropriate for the subject.

Impact


Evidence and Assessment


Pupils have the opportunity to record their learning in a variety of ways, which is recorded within their history books.  Evidence of the learning is dependent on the lesson outcome, year group and the knowledge and skills being developed.  This can be in the form of: shared learning folder, extended writing, photographs of practical activities, historical timelines, speech bubble comments relating the learning.

Subject leaders will conduct learning walks and pupil interviews to measure the impact of our teaching, based on how much children can remember.

Subject leaders will meet with their counterparts from our other cluster schools half termly and will moderate the planning, work and monitoring outcomes from their setting to ensure that standards are exceeding the expectations of the National Curriculum.

 

Joanna Webb and Jhanelle Davidson - History Leaders