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The history coordinator at Darwen St James is Miss Lovick.

At Darwen St James, we follow Kapow Primary’s history scheme of work. We aim to inspire pupils to be curious and creative thinkers who develop a complex knowledge of local and national history and the history of the wider world. We want pupils to develop the confidence to think critically, ask questions, and be able to explain and analyse historical evidence.

Through fun, creative and engaging lessons, we aim to build an awareness of significant events and individuals in global, British and local history and recognise how things have changed over time. History supports children to appreciate the complexity of people’s lives, the diversity of societies and the relationships between different groups. Studying history allows children to appreciate the many reasons why people may behave in the way they do, supporting children to develop empathy for others while providing an opportunity to learn from mankind’s past mistakes. Our history scheme aims to support pupils in building their understanding of chronology in each year group, making connections over periods of time and developing a chronologically secure knowledge of history. We hope to develop pupils’ understanding of how historians study the past and construct accounts and the skills to carry out their own historical enquiries.

We see history as not just facts and dates but an opportunity for pupils to become detectives by exploring the past in an exciting way. History enables our children to compare events, people and cultures, to examine why and how things have changed, to learn about historical figures and develop their research skills. We encourage children to be open minded and enquiring thinkers who begin to understand cause and effect. We want them to understand how people have lived in the past and compare this to their modern life. We provide first hand experiences through handling real artefacts and exciting visits. To support their learning, a range of trips, visits and visitors are arranged to provide experiential and engaging learning opportunities.

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Nursery: Two's Room

We have been looking at Christmas and how we celebrate this. We have created Christmas cards using the interactive board and using different materials. We wrapped some boxes with paper and then decorated them.

Nursery: Preschool

The children have been learning about young and old animals, looking at how they change over time and what they are called as a baby. The children played a listening game to match the sounds of what animals they belong to.

Reception

This half term the children have learnt about Remembrance Day. They have explored the CBBC Remembrance story through literacy, breaking down the story into smaller sections.

The children took part in a 2 minute silence and they have created their own poppies.