History

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Term 6

Year 1

Children learn about significant people through oral story-telling and the books read aloud to them.  Examples given in the national curriculum: Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee, Pieter Bruegel the Elder and LS Lowry, Rosa Parks, Emily Davison, Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell.  Other significant people include but are not limited to Hatshepsut, Boudicca, Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, Mansa Musa, Guy Fawkes

Using common words and phrases about the passage of time in everyday contexts 

Stories about Queen Elizabeth II: her childhood, living through the war, her coronation

King Charles III: our monarch, comparing his coronation with that of Queen Elizabeth II

Stories about the distant past

Aethelflaed, Lady of Mercia (England) 

Robert the Bruce (Scotland) 

St Patrick (Ireland) 

Owain Glyndwr (Wales)  

Using photographs to understand our recent, local past. 

Ships and seafarers through time 

The recent past through communities and families

Technology today and in the past.

Year 2

Life in London in later Stuart England (1660-1714) 

Great change-makers of the world 

Queen Victoria and the Victorian period 

Children’s lives in Victorian times 

Opening Worlds – Bronze and iron Age

Opening Worlds – Stone Age

Year 3

Ancient Egypt

How much did Ancient Egypt change over time?

Cradles of Civilisation How similar and how different were Ancient Egypt and Ancient Sumer?  

The Indus Valley

How do we know about the Indus Valley civilisation?  

Persia and Greece

What did Greek city-states have in common?  

Ancient Greece

What can historians learn from the sources from Ancient Greece?  

Alexander the Great

How did Alexander the Great conquer so much land? 

Year 4

The Roman Republic

How much power did the senate have in the Roman Republic?

The Roman Empire

What can sources reveal about Roman ways of life?

 Roman Britain

What kinds of knowledge about Roman Britain have historian been able to build from the sources?

Christianity in three empires (300-600CE)

What made each Christian state special?

Islamic Civilisations 1: Arabia and early Islam

What kind of change did Muhammad bring about in Arabia?

Islamic Civilisations 2: Cordoba – city of light

How did worlds come together in Muslim Cordoba?

Year 5

Islamic Civilisations 3

Why were there so many restless minds in Cordoba and in Baghdad?

Anglo-Saxon Britain

How have historian learned about Anglo-Saxon Britain?

Vikings in Britain 1: Lady of Mercians

How did the Vikings change England?

Norse Culture

What connections and similarities did the Norse peoples have with other peoples?

Vikings in Britain 2: Changing Rulers, Changing Worlds

How did Angles, Saxons and Vikings shape England and Scotland?

Local history study

Year 6

Islamic Civilisations 3

Why were there so many restless minds in Cordoba and in Baghdad?

Anglo-Saxon Britain

How have historian learned about Anglo-Saxon Britain?

Vikings in Britain 1: Lady of Mercians

How did the Vikings change England?

Norse Culture

What connections and similarities did the Norse peoples have with other peoples?

Vikings in Britain 2: Changing Rulers, Changing Worlds

How did Angles, Saxons and Vikings shape England and Scotland? 

Local history study

Geography

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

Year 1

Daily weather patterns and seasonal changes

Describing and mapping, comparing and contrasting the world around us

Field trip to Uphill

The United Kingdom and its four countries

Our world: the seven continents

Following maps

Describing and contrasting a coastal town with a city.

Field trips to Weston-super-Mare seafront and Bristol.

Learning  simple compass directions and locational/directional language

Mapping the school’s locality

Working hard

Year 2

Living in the mountains 

Nature all around us 

Visiting new places 

Weather in our world 

Looking after our world 

Changing our world 

Year 3

Rivers

How do rivers, people and land affect each other?

Mountains

How do mountains and people affect each other?

Settlements

How are settlements similar and different?

Agriculture

How are we connected to farmers?

Volcanoes

How do volcanoes affect a place?

Climate and Biomes

How does the climate affect the way people live?

Year 4

Rhine & Mediterranean

How are different parts of the Rhone and Mediterranean used by people?

 Population

How and why does population distribution vary across Britain?

Coastal processes and landforms

How does the location of west Wales affect its coast?

 Tourism

How do tourists interact with a place?

 Earthquakes

How do earthquakes affect people and environments?

Deserts

Why are deserts located where they are?

Year 5

Why is California so thirsty?

How have the actions of people affected the drought in California?

Oceans

How can oceans affect human behaviour and settlements?

Migration

Why do people migrate?

North and South

America

What are the pros and cons of living in a megacity?

The Amazon

In what ways does the geography of South America affect life in the Amazon?

Interconnected Amazon

How does agriculture in the Amazon interact with other parts of the world?

Year 6

Why is California so thirsty?

How have the actions of people affected the drought in California?

Oceans

How can oceans affect human behaviour and settlements?

Migration

Why do people migrate?

North and South

America

What are the pros and cons of living in a megacity?

The Amazon

In what ways does the geography of South America affect life in the Amazon?

Interconnected Amazon

How does agriculture in the Amazon interact with other parts of the world?

Religious Education

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

Year 1

T1 Christianity

Does God want Christians to look after the world?

T2 Christianity

What gift would I have given to Jesus if He had been born in my town and not in Bethlehem? 

T3 Christianity

Was it always easy for Jesus to show friendship.

T4 Christianity

Why was Jesus welcomed like a king or celebrity by the crowds on Palm Sunday?

T5 Judaism

Is Shabbat important to Jewish children?

T6 Judaism

Does celebrating Chanukah make Jewish children feel closer to God?

Year 2

T1 Christianity

Is it possible to be kind to everyone all of time? 

T2 Christianity

Why did God give Jesus to the world? 

T3 Judaism

How special is the relationship Jews have with God? 

T4 Christianity

Is it true that Jesus came back to life again?

T5 Islam

Does going to the Mosque give Muslims a sense of belonging?

T6 Islam

Does completing Hajj make a person a better Muslim?

Year 3

Hinduism 1: A Hindu Story – Rama and Sita

What does the story of Rama and Sita mean to Hindu peoples?

Hinduism 2: More Hindu Stories

What do Hindus learn from Vishnu’s stories and symbols?

Hinduism 3: Living Hindu Traditions

How do Hindus show their devotion?

Judaism 1: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Why is the Promised Land so important in Judaism?

Judaism 2: Joseph, Moses and the Exodus

Why do Jews celebrate the festival of Passover?

Judaism 3: The Kings, The Temple and Living as a Jew

How do Jews today show the importance of the Jewish Temple and the kingdom of Israel?

Year 4

Christianity 1: The family of Jesus

Why is the idea of ‘Messiah’ so important to Christians?

Christianity 2: the birth of Jesus

How do Christians express their beliefs about Jesus at Christmas time?

Christianity 3: Life and teachings of Jesus

How does the life and teaching of Jesus affect the way in which Christians live?

Christianity 4: The death and resurrection of Jesus

What do the death and resurrection of Jesus mean in Christian traditions

 Christianity 5: The message of Jesus spreads

How did Christianity develop in the early Church and how do we know?

 Islam 1: Ramadan

What does Ramadan mean to Muslims today?

Year 5

Islam 2: Stories of the prophets

What do Muslims learn from their stories?

Islam 3: Living Muslim traditions

What lies behind the traditions of hajj?

Christianity 6: Christian traditions and practices

How are Christian beliefs and practices around the world similar and different?

Christianity 7: Christian sites and spaces

including visit to local church

Buddhism 1: The prince who became the Buddha

How does the life and teaching of Siddartha Gotama affect the way in which Buddhists live?

Buddhism 2: Buddhist stories and teachings

What do Buddhist stories teach Buddhists about enlightenment?

Year 6

Islam 2: Stories of the prophets

What do muslims learn from their stories?

Islam 3: Living Muslim traditions

What lies behind the traditions of hajj?

Christianity 6: Christian traditions and practices

How are Christian beliefs and practices around the world similar and different?

Christianity 7: Christian sites and spaces including visit to local church

Buddhism 1: The prince who became the Buddha

How does the life and teaching of Siddartha Gotama affect the way in which Buddhists live?

Buddhism 2: Buddhist stories and teachings

What do Buddhist stories teach Buddhists about enlightenment?