​CURRICULUM > HISTORY

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​The history curriculum aims to ensure all pupils:

• know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day
• know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world
• gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’, ‘parliament’ and ‘peasantry’
• understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance and use them to make connections, draw contrasts and to frame historically valid questions

​Teachers organise regular trips to the plethora of sites and attractions across London that support children’s historical understanding, helping our learners gain a coherent knowledge of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. Visits are regularly made to The British Museum, The Tower of London, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Kensington palace and Hampton Court amongst many others.