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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." martin luther king.

Our vision for History at All Saints Academy

At All Saints Academy, we strive to provide a curriculum that is broad, balanced, challenging, inspires curiosity, and fosters a love of learning. The vision for the All Saints Academy is rooted in the biblical teaching from the gospel of John and in the firm belief that ‘Every Child Matters Equally to God’ we strive to provide an excellent education for all our students; an education which brings out the best in all of them and prepares them for success in life.

We aim to develop an understanding of British history and that of the wider world. History students are given the opportunity to examine, interpret and evaluate a variety of sources in order to form opinions and make judgements about the past. Each is encouraged to think and behave as historians, archaeologists, and inquisitive thinkers.

We investigate how and why the world has changed as well as what we can learn from the past to make the future a better place. British Values are woven into the History curriculum promoting values such as mutual respect, tolerance, and individual liberty. As our pupil’s progress they will become equipped to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement.

How we will achieve this

History at All Saints is a broad journey of themes throughout KS3 that build into select elements of the KS4 curriculum. The implementation of this journey will promote a love of learning through engaging lessons that are accessible for all and allow students to develop a wide variety of knowledge and skills such as: interpretation, problem solving, and making judgements.

Students will consider key questions within each lesson and will be provided with a range of knowledge that will allow them to answer these questions.

Schemes of Learning consider the local context by including a wide range of local history across the topics of KS3. This will provide students the opportunity to understand their surroundings and the local, national, and global importance of their own environment through a varied curriculum.

Our Learning Journey, click to enlarge

Y7 - Y9 Lessons

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How will we assess History?

Y8 pathway

What is the impact of our work?

Reading Journey

Cultural Capital Opportunities in History:

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Humanities Prefect

Archie c humanities Hello, my name is Archie, and I am the Humanities prefect. I wanted to take on this role in order to inspire other students in these subjects which include Geography, History and Religious Education. Learning in these subjects encompasses a variety of interesting and diverse topics, delving into the past and present, as well as exploring different cultures around the world.

Within KS3, I really enjoyed all of the Humanities subjects and managed to excel within all of them which led for me to acquire a passion for them, this continued to develop throughout the three years. I then decided to take Geography at GCSE along with doing Religious Education which I am thoroughly enjoying and hope to encourage people to see a fun and exciting side to learning these key subjects, like I do.

My aim as Humanities Prefect is to support and encourage others in these subjects. I want to foster a kind and inclusive environment and advocate for how we can all make a difference to the world based on our learning in these subjects.

My intention is to develop extra-curricular activities that are not only fun for all but link into the topics within the Humanities subjects to further support learning, keeping at the core inclusivity and making sure that everyone finds these interesting and engaging. This would also result in more varied opportunities for students to participate in within the school, such as competitions and quizzes. Importantly, by doing all of this, we are going to be able to apply learning to the real world and have a positive effect on the environment and others.