‘Learning for Life.’
History
Statement of Intent and Implementation
History Leaflet
History Progression map
History Curriculum Overview
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 Role Play Adventures
As part of our history, we have been learning about Amy Johnson, the first female to fly solo to Australia. We learnt all about her journey, the problems she encountered and even how to fix an aeroplane. Here we are dressed for the occasion- hat, scarves and goggles!...
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...