History

We believe that history helps children to understand the world around them by finding answers to questions about the past. Our history units form part of a balanced and ambitious history curriculum tailored for the children of Wellsprings.

Children will learn about their own place in history by studying periods in history and historical figures, as well as ‘continuous units’ that link a development over time, e.g. transport. We want children to be inspired to wonder about the great vastness of our historical timeline, ideas that have changed the world and where they, as individuals, fit into this.

To ensure this is relevant to all of our children we study a broad range of history and historical figures that includes a range of significant people and events from a range of communities and cultures.

Our 3 ‘Big Ideas’

At Wellsprings we have 3 ‘Big Ideas’ in history. These are the substantive concepts that we work on as we move through the school. Each of our ‘Big Ideas’ feed into our history curriculum.

Wellsprings’ Historical Concepts

We teach children to use our Wellsprings’ historical concepts to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically valid questions and create their own structured accounts. Our 3 ‘Big Idea’s’ run throughout the Historical Concepts.

History Week-November 2024

We have had a fantastic 'History Week' across our school, celebrating a range of historical periods with each year group having a trip and or visitor, including 'The Magic Lantern' Workshops about Tudors, School life featured in Art, and the Great Fire of London! The children also went on visits to Wellsprings Community Chapel, Year 5 visit to Hampton Court and visits to Taunton Museum just to name a few!

We also ran a history competition! Results and images from history week will be revealed soon!