Our vision

At Dale Hall, our high quality History education begins in the Early Years and continues all the way through to Year 6 in a progressive manner, allowing children to build on and embed the key skills and knowledge taught in previous years. Whether children are talking about past events in their own lives or learning about the political intrigue of the Tudor period, History is a key element of all of our classrooms.

We want our children to have a coherent understanding of not only Britain's past but also that of the wider world. With such a disparity between the modern times we live in and the times of key events in the past, we hope to ignite curiosity within the children to learn more about these past events and to compare it to life in Modern Day Britain.

We encourage questions throughout our History teaching and aim to equip our pupils with the ability to ask perceptive questions and to take steps to answer them themselves too. We want children to form opinions on historical events, think critically and evaluate evidence presented to them in order to develop perspective and to understand the process of change that has happened before them and is continuing to happen now.

Within our classrooms, our topics act as the overarching theme in our cross-curricular learning and much of our History teaching will stem from these topics where purposeful and appropriate, alongside Geography, Art, Music, Maths, Writing and Science. Sometimes, our History teaching will also coincide with a class Power of Reading text.
History within our classrooms

Here are some wonderful examples of History learning at Dale Hall in many different forms.

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History within our classrooms

I have had the pleasure of taking to some of Sea Turtles class about their recent history topics. Mable, Georgia and Elijah had so much knowledge to share! 

I was treated to a very detailed explanation about the cause an effect of The Great Fire of London. They could recall names, dates and places and talk about how the fire changed the way that people built houses (June '26)

Year 4 have had a recent immersive Ancient Egyptian visit in school. During this session they learnt about the afterlife and lots of different gods. They seemed so excited talking about this experience - it was fantastic to see. 

Year 5 have recently started their topic on The Tudors and will be looking at the reign of our most famous monarchs. They will be exploring local history at Kentwell Hall to deepen their understanding of the time period. 

Diversity and inclusion in History

We believe that our history curriculum should be representative and inclusive of all learners and reflect the ways that Britain has been shaped by its interactions with the wider world.
Recent and current events have highlighted that we need, and want, to do more to ensure our history curriculum fully reflects today's students and is free from bias. 

Why not try out some of these history at home ideas...
 

• Create a PowerPoint about something you love in history.
• Create an eBook about something you love in history.
• Create quizzes about events, people or periods of history that you are interested in.
• Create a timeline of all of your favourite periods of history.
• Make a mini museum at home with different pieces of information, videos, pictures and models that you’ve made and show them to your family.
• Watch Horrible Histories clips and research what has been said for accuracy.
• Make a time-capsule with a few of today’s items and a newspaper. Store it somewhere safe or bury it in the garden so that either you or someone in the future can see what was happening today.