About this curriculum

Anchored in our six core concepts, our approach is designed to facilitate a progressive accumulation of knowledge and understanding over time, ensuring that our students not only know 'what' happened but also 'why' and 'how' it is relevant to them and the world they live in.

Intent

Widey Court is situated in the city of Plymouth in the South West of England. Our location has influenced the decisions made in designing this curriculum. As a coastal city and historic port, there is a strong need for pupils to understand themes of explorers and conflicts and how Plymouth has impacted on local, national and international history. Through using the concepts of empire, civilisation, impact and influence, culture, relationships and movement each unit will be shaped by these concepts.  Each unit builds from the prior knowledge gained and enables our children to think deeper about their understanding of History. Deliberate curriculum choices have been made to enable the children to conduct historical enquiry both in the class and through fieldwork and trips wherever possible. Our curriculum refers to the rich archaeological and historic treasures and sites available on our doorstep. Choices have been made to facilitate the best possible retention of learnt facts through a sequential curriculum where children revisit key concepts throughout their primary career.

Implementation

History follows the National Curriculum; objectives are delivered through units building to children being able to answer an enquiry question- a fewer things greater depth approach is taken with History. Children complete a timeline at the start of each year to embed their chronological knowledge and revisit this throughout each unit. The substantive concepts ensure skills specific to History are taught each multiple times across each child’s primary career at Widey, they are based on the aims of the national curriculum. The curriculum makes use of prior knowledge and provides clear references on how learning will be used in each unit and each lesson. Children will enjoy school trips, welcome visitors and view artefacts– all of which works to enrich their experience within History.

Impact

Through lesson observations and children interviews, children will be able to demonstrate their increasing knowledge of historical skills. Children will be able to recall known facts that have been taught and gain a deeper understanding of the substantive concepts over time, making links between different historical periods.

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Thursday 21st August for new Widey Court EYFS meet up! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Tuesday 26th August for our new EYFS parents and children! What a lovely idea! ⭐️⭐️
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Happy Retirement Mrs Jones! 💚⭐️💚⭐️
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Congratulations to our Summer Celebration Winners and to all the children who were nominated by their teachers! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We are so proud of you all! 💚💚💚💚💚💚
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Celebrating Mrs Jones’ Retirement today! Thank you for being the kindest, most nurturing expert teacher for our pupils and families! We wish you happiness for all the adventures and new memories to come! We will miss you! 💚⭐️💚⭐️💚⭐️
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Wow! Look at what a wonderful job the PTFA have done this year with the help of the Widey community supporting the events and opportunities! £9000! We are so very grateful and our children are so very lucky to have you! X ⭐️💚
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Our Year 5 National Children’s Book Award readers celebrated success with a ‘Lollies and Literature’ session in the library today! ⭐️⭐️ Thank you Mrs Bridges for leading and organising this group of inspired, enthusiastic readers!
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Year 6 remembering Bella! She is always in our hearts! 💙
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Year 6 remembering Bella today! She is always in our hearts! 💙
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Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who support the children! We held a lovely thank you morning to celebrate and show our gratitude to the time, energy and enthusiasm they provide!
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Year 6 Leavers’Production 💚 We are so proud of you - what a performance! “I’m a Widey Court Pupil Get Me Out Of Here!” Shine bright you superstars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you Mr and Mrs Buckthought for the beautiful cake to share with staff! X
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Cookery Club with Miss Williams had their last session tonight with a fondue! Delicious! Mrs Llewellyn enjoyed her little invite too! Thank you! ⭐️⭐️
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You may have noticed that we appear on the TESCO STRONGER STARTS project in our local stores! We have entered an application for a grant to purchase some new library books for the children, but we need your help! If you shop in one of the following stores at any value (Roborough, Transit Way, Compton or Wolseley Road), you will receive a token which you can then use to vote for us. The more tokens we get, the more of a chance we have of receiving this funding! Voting ends at the end of September 2025. Please support us! Thank you 😃 #TescoStrongerStarts
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Non-Uniform Day this Friday for our Attendace Winners this term! Well done everyone. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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What a lovely Friday! 🌞🌞🌞 KS1 were treated to a surprise visit from Ana and Spiderman at lunchtime! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A little well-being treat for staff who could buy a hot / iced drink from South Coast Coffee over lunchtime! ☕️☕️☕️The Stay & Play Hub South Coast Coffee
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The winning pizzas from today’s collaboration with Curly Gaz and World Pizza! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Judges scores were based on the box design, presentation of the pizza and the taste!!! Well done teams!
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Last PTFA FROZEN FRIDAY session after school tomorrow in the usual three places! 50p each (correct change is welcomed and card can be used)! 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
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