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History
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
At Skelton School it is our intent to deliver a high-quality, engaging history curriculum that encourages children to think critically, ask questions, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement in order to articulate their understanding as historians. Our teaching of history will help provide our pupils with a coherent, chronological knowledge of both British history and history of the wider world and how these periods and societies interconnect. Such awareness plays a vital part in promoting responsible citizenship as children learn to value of their own and other people’s history in modern, multicultural Britain. History gives pupils not only the means to make sense of the modern world by a knowledge of the past but also the skills to interpret history critically and by doing so, to develop skills of enquiry, analysis, interpretation and problem solving.
We aim to inspire children to develop their own sense of identity and to want to know more about their own past, the past of others and how these have impacted on their lives today. Through learning about the past from a variety of perspectives this allows our pupils to understand the complexity of the world we live in, the diversity of societies and the relationships between different groups. We hope that this will allow them to learn from the past and how it shapes the future.
2022/23 - Cycle B
2023/24 - Cycle A
Curriculum Coverage
Supporting Learning at Home:
National Geographic History Page
Imperial War Museum YouTube Video Playlist
The National Archives - Time Travel TV
Primary Homework Help - History
We love our new History timeline that has just been installed in our playground. We can get a real sense of the chronology of ancient civilisations and events through to the current time. It also includes some events in the history of Skelton too!
Year 5/6 visit to the Archive Centre in Carlisle to learn about Alfred Wainwright!
Year 5/6 had a brilliant Tudor workshop delivered in the classroom by Tullie House. We got to fully immersed in what Tudor Carlisle would have been like including the sounds and smells. We then threw some rotten fruit to the people in the stocks. We then worked as historians to think about what different artifacts were and who they would have belonged to. We finished by having the opportunity to dress up and get into the role of different Tudor people!
