At Bramley Sunnyside Junior School, our progressive and sequential History curriculum aims to develop confident, curious and collaborative young historians, with a secure and growing knowledge of local, British and world history. In revisiting and refining our curriculum vision, in partnership with the CHOL and ‘Botheredness’ programmes, we are committed to ensuring that History is not only knowledge-rich, but also creative, meaningful and deeply engaging for every child.

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We inspire children to ask thoughtful questions, make connections and contrasts between different historical periods, and build a strong understanding of both substantive and disciplinary concepts. Over time, this enables pupils to develop a coherent and lasting historical schema.

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Through CHOL-inspired approaches, we encourage creativity, curiosity and pupil voice, providing space for children to explore the past through imaginative and expressive means-such as storytelling, drama and enquiry-led learning.

In alignment with the ‘Botheredness’ ethos, our History curriculum is designed to excite pupils’ curiosity and foster a deep emotional and intellectual connection to their learning. Through engaging, hands-on experiences and rich, knowledge-driven enquiries, children become genuinely bothered about the past0they care about what they’re learning and why it matters. As a result, they take real pride in their work, producing thoughtful, high-quality outcomes that reflect their enthusiasm, understanding, and growing expertise as young historians.

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Our History curriculum also contributes meaningfully to our whole-school aims and values, including resilience, respect and responsibility.

By understanding the complexity of the past, pupils are better equipped to navigate the present and contribute thoughtfully to the future.

Through this approach, we ensure that every child at Bramley Sunnyside becomes not only knowledgeable about the past, but also inspired to care, question and act with understanding in the world around them.

Sequencing of history throughout KS2

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Each area is broken down further, considering the enquiry learning and the concepts that are going to be covered. Poppy has created detailed medium term planning for all year groups, including the knowledge our children wil be exposed to and how they will be assessed:

Poppy, as history lead, is clear about the vision for her subject and the expectations for how it should be taught, from retrieval practice being built in to how to sequence the lesson.

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Every unit has a Topic Overview to guide the children through where the unit fits in with the period of time (chronology), an overview, what they will learn, vocabulary and the concepts:

Our children achieve well in history due to the clear structure and expectations Poppy has planned.