From May 2023 , we are very excited to be working with Opening Worlds and Haringey Educational Partnership. Milton Park, alongside our other ELAN schools are working together and introducing a new Humanities curriculum through Opening Worlds. The aim is to develop, enrich and broaden our children's experiences of history, geography and RE. We are using the ‘Opening Worlds’ Humanities Curriculum where our History, Geography and RE sessions are slowly transitioning. All of KS2 will be following this approach however, it will take 3 years to fully embed the whole of the curriculum content.
Opening Worlds is a knowledge-rich humanities programme for teaching history, geography and religion in Years 3 to 6. It was first launched in 2019 by Christine Counsell and Steve Mastin, in association with Haringey Education Partnership (HEP).
Intent of the ‘Opening Worlds’ curriculum:
The uniqueness and background of every child is recognise and valued. Because of this, our curriculum covers a range of cultural, historical and ethical backgrounds and offers purposeful and meaningful experiences to apply, share and develop this knowledge . Our diverse, culturally rich, wide-scoping and rigorous/coherent curriculum is underpinned by the teaching of basic skills, knowledge, concepts and values in a rigorous and coherent way. Explicit links to story telling and creativity are made to ensure children to engage and enthuse learners. Many enhancement and enrichment activities are used throughout the curriculum to engage learners and create purposeful, high leverage outcomes that give children the opportunity to use and apply their developing knowledge and skills. Our aim is to create an environment that prompts curiosity, critical thinking and allows learners to connect strands of learning across all aspects of the curriculum.
The Structure of the curriculum:
This approach has a coherent, chronological and rigorous structure that ensures that links are not only made across individual subjects but also across each of the topics covered. This means that knowledge is gradually and successfully built upon and children make explicit links using their previous knowledge. This is consistently revisited and retrieved. Below, the coverage of each humanities subject
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See the Opening Worlds website for more information at KS2 Curriculum - Opening Worlds