Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references may be outdated.

If you stop and look around you a curious mind begins to ask questions. This is one reason why the primary curriculum should introduce pupils to learning that draws from a broad range of subject disciplines, including Geography and History. Each contributes to the development of knowledge, skills and understanding that help children make sense of the world around them (a key goal of education). We are in favour of slim, subject referenced programmes of study that...