We use the Kapow scheme of work. See progression of skills and knowledge document shown above.

 

Key Stage 1

Our topic for this term is 'What is history?'

Children will:

• recognise the order events happen;
• identify that people spend their holidays in different ways;
• compare photographs from the past;
• find out about the past from people who were there;
• compare holidays from the past and present;
• to recall life events.

 

Key Stage 2

Year 3 and 4

Our topic for this term is 'What was important to ancient Egyptians?'

Children will:

• ask questions about sources from ancient civilisations;
• explain the importance of the River Nile to ancient Egyptian civilisation;
• explore the importance of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics;
• explore the importance of gods and goddesses in ancient Egypt.
• investigate beliefs about the afterlife in Ancient Egypt;
• identify continuity and change in pharoah burials across the old, middle and new kingdoms.

Year 5 and 6

Our topic for this term is 'What is the legacy of the ancient Greek civilisation?'

Children will:

• explore how geography influenced life in Ancient Greece;
• investigate what the Greek gods reveal about life in Ancient Greece;
• use secondary sources to compare life in Athens and Sparta;
• explain how Athenian democracy has influenced modern democracy;
• explain the significance and legacy of Ancient Greek philosophy;
• evaluate the legacies of the ancient Greek civilisation.