Humanities

History Intent

At Grange, our children receive a high quality and challenging History education whilst gaining coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. Our main aim is to enable pupils to think as historians and develop their historical skills to ask questions, think analytically, use evidence and develop their own judgements and perspectives. Through the teaching of History, we endeavour that our pupils will understand the process of change, and the diversity of beliefs and societies, whilst being considerate and celebrating difference.

The History curriculum is planned and delivered with care so pupils have a sound chronological understanding of the time periods they have studied and our spiral approach allows children to build on their existing knowledge and skills throughout their time at Grange. As many of our children’s families come from all over the world it is vital that our children and their backgrounds are represented in their learning and our History curriculum.

Through a series of enquiry questions and focused units, pupils develop their skills and understanding of the past with curiosity and critical thinking. Our working walls encourage children to experience History as a source of discovery, enhance their historical vocabulary and revise their prior learning. Each year group uses a support text to further engage the children in their topic and enrich their understanding.

We value a creative, inclusive approach with a variety of enquiry based activities to stimulate inquisitiveness and accessible learning for all.

Geography Intent

At Grange, Geography is taught to inspire our pupils’ curiosity of the world around them and their place in it. Our teaching of Geography gives children a range of knowledge about places, environments and landscapes. Our main aim is to enable pupils to think as geographers and develop their geographical skills of observation during field work opportunities and their locational knowledge through the study of globes, maps, aerial photographs and atlases. We are fortunate enough to be able to use our school grounds and local area to collect evidence, ask and answer questions about Harrow and the local area.

The Geography curriculum is planned and delivered so pupils have a strong understanding of their local environment, Harrow’s locality in London, the UK, Europe and the wider world. From there, the children build on existing knowledge to make comparisons with other countries and continents. They compare a range of features from the human and physical geography to weather patterns and trade. This is extremely important to us at Grange as many of our families have connections all over the world, so it is vital that their backgrounds and experiences are represented in the content of our curriculum.

Through a series of enquiry questions and focused units, pupils develop their skills and understanding of the world with curiosity and critical thinking. Our working walls encourage children to encounter Geography with a sense of discovery, enhance their vocabulary and revise their prior learning. Each year group uses a support text to further engage the children in their topic and enrich their understanding.

We value a creative, inclusive approach with a variety of practical enquiry based activities to stimulate inquisitiveness and accessible learning for all. Children leave Grange as resilient geographers who are equipped with the skills needed to continue making their own discoveries about the world.