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Foundation Subjects
History, Geography, Art, DT, Music and
Computing are all taught as part of a unit
of work with an over-arching topic title.
However, all subjects are discrete within
the topic.
History - Intent
As a school, we aim to:
✦ Develop an understanding of British History
and that of the wider world;
✦ Develop an understanding of chronology and Geography - Intent
how things have changed over time;
As a school, we aim to:
✦ Give children the opportunity to examine,
interpret and evaluate a variety of sources ✦ Help children to develop an age-appropriate,
in order to make deductions about the past. accurate knowledge of the location of a
✦ Teach pupils to think and behave as wide range of globally significant places and
historians and archaeologists and encourage develop their skills in describing the
them to pose their own historical questions. physical and human characteristics of these
places;
✦ Support children to use their locational
Art and Design - Intent knowledge to provide a geographical
context in which to study and understand
As a school, we aim to: important geographical processes;
✦ Develop an understanding that these key
✦ Help pupils to explore ideas, record their
experiences and produce creative work; processes play a vital role in the
development of key physical and human
✦ Support pupils to become skilful in drawing, geographical features of the world;
painting, sculpture and other art, craft and ✦ Develop pupils’ key geographical vocabulary
design techniques;
which is appropriate and accurate and which
✦ Teach pupils how to evaluate and analyse evolves from EYFS to Key Stage 1 and
creative works; through to Key Stage 2;
✦ Teach pupils about great artists, craft ✦ Develop the skills to use and interpret a
makers and designers, and understand the wide range of sources of geographical
historical and cultural development of their information including maps, diagrams, globes,
art forms; aerial photographs and Geographical
✦ Nurture individual talents and develop Information Systems (GIS);
pupils’ appreciation of the arts. ✦ Develop the skills to collect, analyse and
present a range of data, gathered through
experiences of fieldwork, to deepen their
understanding of key geographical
processes.
