History
Tuel Lane Infant School aims to provide a high-quality history education, which will enable children to develop a coherent knowledge and understanding of the history of Sowerby Bridge, Britain and the wider world. The childrens’ historical journey throughout Key Stage 1 will be stimulating and enjoyable, ensuring that they develop a genuine love for the subject. Through an engaging curriculum, we aim to inspire childrens’ curiosities about the past. Effective teaching will equip children with historical skills and knowledge, enabling them to ask questions, think critically, weigh evidence, scrutinise arguments, and improve perspective and judgement.
Our young historians begin their journey in the Foundation Stage, where they are provided with experiences in which enable them to develop skills of enquiry and critical thinking. By providing the children with the opportunity to discuss changes in their own lives and the lives of others, we set the foundations of chronology. This stimulates children with a curiosity to learn about lives of others beyond their living memory.
As the children progress into Key Stage 1, the foundations developed in the Early Years are built upon. The rich culture of our locality is injected into our curriculum, which in turn provides children with a sense of identity and an understanding of their own locality. We provide the children with opportunity to develop an understanding of how past events have influenced life today. The children learn about events which are significant both nationally and globally and how the achievements of individuals has had a significant impact on people in the past and the present day. We ask questions about changes which have happened in our lifetime and, through a series of engaging lessons, our children develop a thirst for learning!