History at Swiss Gardens
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, which is why we call it the present.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
At Swiss Gardens, our history curriculum ignites children’s curiosity about the past in Britain and the wider world.
We place a high value on the importance of history and personal journey and where possible we use experts from the community to ensure our history learning is engaging, relevant and in context. We also use visits and artefacts to provide children with first hand and memorable experiences. Wherever possible we make links with our locality, the history of our local area, Shoreham by sea and Sussex and this helps to keep the children's learning about the past in context.
We encourage our children to ask big questions to find out about how and why the world, our country, culture and local community have developed over time. In doing so, we believe children gain the greatest understanding of how the past influences the present.
We are proud of the fact that history is the driver of many of our topics and underpins our whole-school ethos of providing a stimulating environment that creates an enthusiasm for learning.
History enables children to develop a context for their growing sense of identity and a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people. What they learn through history can influence their decisions about personal choices, attitudes and values.