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Our enquiry approach to History

All units within the curriculum are planned around an enquiry question that pupils will answer by the end of the unit of work as a result of direct instruction, guided practice and independent application.

All lessons have been intentionally chosen and sequenced to support pupils to develop a rich schema within the unit being taught and the overall concept over time. This means that sequences of learning are carefully designed to ensure that the identified knowledge is focused on the historical concept being taught and stops us from teaching a surface-level fact file. 

The aim of every unit within our history curriculum is to produce a final outcome that answers the enquiry question. This final piece enables pupils to showcase what they know and have learnt through the unit of work, using their own words. Final outcomes may be: a discussion or debate, a presentation or a written outcome.