Trotts Hill Primary School and Nursery
History Intent
We intend to provide a high quality history curriculum which should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about Britain’s past and that of the wider world. Our teaching equips pupils with knowledge about the history of Britain and the wider world; learn about the lives of significant people of the past; understand the methods of historical enquiry and be able to ask and answer questions. We teach children to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time. We want children to enjoy and develop a life-long love of learning about history by gaining this knowledge and skills.
Geography Intent
At Trotts Hill, we believe that Geography helps to provoke and answer questions about the natural and human worlds, encouraging children to develop a greater understanding of their world and their place in it. It helps to develop a range of investigation and problem-solving skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas and which can be used to promote children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Geography is, by nature an investigative subject, which develops an understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills. We seek to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people which will remain with them for the rest of their lives; to promote children’s interest and understanding about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.
This week at school the Key Stage 2 Key Worker bubble spent the afternoon gardening on the school allotment with Mrs Burke.
We planted mini watermelon seeds in pots. We put them in the hot greenhouse. We can't wait to eat them. Layla
I learnt how to say watermelon in Spanish which is 'sandia'. Thomas
We also planted out some French bean seedlings and some sunflowers. We had to do a lot of watering as the soil was very dry because of all of the hot weather we have been having. Freya
In addition, we also did some weeding and tidying up of the area. We put the weeds into the compost bin because we then get more soil that we can put back onto the allotment. Isla
We were social distancing all the time whilst weeding and watering, which was hard but we did keep it up. Freya
Eco AwardWe are very pleased to announce that the Eco-Warriors have been successful in achieving the Bronze Eco Award. We now have an action plan in place which is displayed on the Eco-Warriors display. We will now start to work towards the Silver award.
We are celebrating our link with our twin school, Ngezi Primary, which is in Kadoma, Zimbabwe. We had a very interesting assembly learning about life in Kadoma and the Ngezi primary school. Each class then wrote letters to Ngezi Primary to tell them about life in Stevenage and at Trotts Hill. These letters will be sent to the school and their pupils will reply!
