HISTORY

The vision of our History Curriculum at Walker Riverside Academy is to enthuse our students with historic curiosity and a thirst for historical knowledge. The study of History is to develop students’ sense of identity, understand their sense of place in the world, how and why the world and society has changed and the different experiences of a variety of groups of people in the past. By doing this, students will develop a tolerance and world view that will provide a foundation, not just for their historical study, but for their wider lives. It is our mission to implement a bold curriculum that serves the diverse cultural needs of our pupils so that they are able to gain a coherent, but critical knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world.

It is our intention to design a History curriculum which supports our Academy's intent of making students culturally and globally aware. We achieve this by ensuring students finish KS3 with a broad knowledge of both local, national and worldwide events of historical importance. In this instance, importance is measured by students’ developing powerful substantive knowledge through disciplined historical thinking. At KS3 topics have been selected which connects prior learning, but provides a sound grounding to the GCSE topics we have chosen, in order to promote a deep understanding of the age. 

We believe it is imperative  that students are taught history chronologically. We feel this is vital to ensure students understand how change over time develops and so they can accurately sequence events, leading to a sharper understanding of cause and consequence and will facilitate the ability to evaluate wider impact, a key skill for GCSE success.