‘Learning for Life.’
History
Statement of Intent and Implementation
History Leaflet
History Progression map
Foundation Stage
Over Foundation Stage (FS), in history, the children will:
- Explore different places and the local environment
- Find out about different people
- Learn about themselves and their family
Foundation Stage History Goals
By the end of FS, a child who is attaining typically will be able to:
- Sort objects into old and new
- Understand their own personal timeline
- Talk about past and present events in their life and their family
- Answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences
- Begin to show an interest in other people (Reception)
- Begin to recognise similarities and differences between themselves and their peers
- Talk about the queen and know that the queen rules our country
By the end of KS1 a child attaining typically will be able to understand and use the following vocabulary:
timeline – king – present – old – differences – new – past – similarities – queen
Key Stage 1
Over Key Stage One (KS1), in history, the children will:
- Learn about significant individuals and why they are so important (including people from Sheffield)
- Learn about significant events both nationally and globally (including events in Sheffield)
- Learn about the importance of historical sources to learn about the past
By the end of KS1 a child who is attaining typically will be able to:
- Use artefacts, pictures, online sources and videos to find out about the past
- Put events in chronological order on a timeline
- Begin to answer questions about a photograph/artefact (Y1)
- Begin to ask and answer questions about a photograph/artefact and use an information book to answer questions (Y2)
- Use phrases such as; new, old, a long time ago (Y1) and before, after, past, present, then and now (Y2)
- Identify similarities and differences between life now and life in a different decade
By the end of KS1 a child attaining typically will be able to understand and use the following vocabulary:
old – queen – king – significant – artefact – present – sources – chronological – past – new – decade
Blog
Amy Johnson
Around the world in 80 days. We were lucky enough to have a visit from Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. We put on our hats and goggles and off we flew. Fantastic.
A history walk in Fox Valley
We learnt about old and new buildings and we went on a history walk to Stocksbridge and Fox Valley.
KS1 Visit Eyam
Where the plague began - Eyam The children in KS1 visited the tiny village of Eyam in Derbyshire which holds a lot of history. We took a walk towards the boundary stone, hiked up the hills to the Riley Graves, visited the church and the museum. It was a real 'hands...