History

History tells us who we are, where we came from and how we are connected. Without studying history, we cannot understand where we are now or where we are going in the future. Studying history will ignite a passion, curiosity and determination in students.

A passion to ensure that wrongs in the past are not repeated in the future. A curiosity about how people in the past thought differently or similarly to them even though their lives may be separated by hundreds of years. A determination to study hard and write with maturity and authority; accepting that a piece of writing or research may take time to develop and refine before it is completed.

By studying history, our students develop knowledge and understanding of chronology, we can identify key features of historical periods, the role of significant individuals, events and turning points.  History develops our understanding of continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity and difference, historians do this by making connections, analysing trends, and investigating big historical questions.  History enables our students to make connections between different aspects of the periods and themes studied; between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, social, political, religious and military history; and between short and long-term timescales. 

We want our Historians to never stop questioning. To question why things happen. To question how they can truly know what happened. To even question other Historians! This ability to question and think critically encourages confidence to communicate ideas and challenge injustice.