Each term, children at a popular rural village school are given a humanities focus around which to build their learning.

All the pupils at Shoscombe Church School will be given opportunities over the next few months to learn about local heritage, history , how our present-day town and villages have come about and the impact of this on today's society.

The school places significant importance on locality and this is one of the drivers of the whole curriculum. Joining forces with specialists such as our local community history group, led by Stephen Clewes (Roman Baths) and Michael Gorely from Heritage Schools further enhances this learning and is a strength of the Shosocmbe curriculum.

School Headteacher, Ruth Noall, said: "Learning about our local history and heritage is important. Shoscombe and the wider area has been shaped by settlements gone-by, over thousands of years, that have helped create the communities we see today.

" To embed local history fully into the curriculum, other subject areas are enhanced with these meaningful links For example, in Art children are developing their skills in sculpture through the study of Roman and Georgian sculpture and the influence of this on modern contemporary sculpture.

"Over the past week, children from different age groups in the school have been walking around the village, Bath and Bristol to understand local history and how it's impacted our lives today

For more information about Shoscombe Church School visit their website www.shoscombeprimary.co.uk and follow them on Facebook at @shoscombechurchschool