This document provides an overview of the national curriculum for History, including its objectives and content. Kapow Primary's units have been mapped against the curriculum to indicate their coverage. This information supports teachers in ensuring that no objectives are missed, even if a unit is omitted. The same information can be found on our lesson plans.
Please visit our Kapow Primary History page for detailed information on our History curriculum.
To explore the curriculum for pupils, check out:
Does Kapow Primary’s mixed-age History planning cover the national curriculum’s statutory requirements?
At Kapow Primary, we provide complete coverage of the History curriculum for KS1 and KS2. This document details the national curriculum History subject content and aims for each key stage. We have identified the relevant Kapow Primary units that support pupils in achieving their end-of-key-stage targets. For EYFS (Reception), we have detailed the Development matters statements and the Early learning goals, and mapped units to show coverage of these. Additionally, we have highlighted cross-curricular connections between each unit and other curriculum subjects.
Our content is organised into two categories: substantive knowledge strands (topic knowledge; chronological awareness; and substantive concepts) and disciplinary knowledge strands (historical enquiry and disciplinary concepts). This ensures progression in all areas and reflects the idea that “knowledge of the past must be shaped by disciplinary approaches in order to become historical knowledge” (Ofsted Research Review Series: History, 2021). For more information on our curriculum design and progression within each strand, please refer to our History: Long-term plan.
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I’m not a specialist History teacher. Can Kapow Primary help me?
This is a common worry amongst primary school teachers, and Kapow Primary recognises how daunting it can be to teach a subject that isn’t your specialism. So, let us help you with our wonderful resources.
For planning
All our History subject planning resources can be found here. These include:
History long-term plan – mixed age
Skills and knowledge progression
For delivery:
Knowledge organisers for each unit
Subject leadership and staff CPD:
See our History subject leader toolkit which includes: KS1 and KS2 pupil voice, teacher knowledge audit, Ofsted subject audit and a staff presentation.
