Lordship Lane Primary School
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History
History at Lordship Lane
Aims
Our history curriculum is designed not only to excite children about history, but also to give them an understanding of the broad chronological sweep of history. We aim not only to build children’s historical knowledge, but also equip them with skills of historical enquiry. Our history curriculum also contributes to our wider aim of ensuring our curriculum represents the diversity of our curriculum: children learn about non-European civilisations as well as the legacy of colonialism.
Cultural Capital
At Lordship Lane, we believe that it is essential for our children to develop a cultural understanding of the world around them, from their knowledge of the past, in order to understand and respect their present and future. We aim to equip our children with the vital knowledge, skills and behaviour needed in order to become educated citizens. British values and holding discussions about past events are key to children being able to understand how life was before. Looking at a variety of cultures from around the world enables them to learn to respect different cultures, see themselves in our curriculum and to see themselves as an important member of society and the world. Our goal is for them to remember past events and use them to embolden them to make wise choices, within society, in the future.
Curriculum
Our history curriculum is based on that developed by the Haringey Education Partnership, but we have made some changes so that it works well for our school and our community. Generally speaking, children in key stage 1 learn history through themes such as ‘Explorers’ and ‘Monarchs’. In key stage 2, our curriculum is broadly chronological: children study prehistory and ancient civilisations in year 3, classical civilisations in year 4, medieval history in year 5 and more recent history, including an in depth study of London’s history, in year 6.
We have made knowledge builders for each unit of work: this is a sheet containing the historical words and knowledge that children are going to learn in each half term. Your child will bring this sheet home each half term, and it will also be shared on Seesaw.
History Teaching
In Early Years, children learn about history both through free-flow activities and in whole class sessions. Their introduction to history begins with frequent discussions about the past, including conversations about what children can remember.
In key stages 1 and 2, children have two history lessons a week. History lessons are interleaved with geography, so children have learn either history or geography in any given half term. Weekly quizzing helps children to remember what they have learnt over time. Our quizzing also ensures that children do not forget their history learning in those half terms when they are studying geography.
Overview
The table below offers a overview of what children study in humanities (history and geography) for each half term, in order for you to understand how they are taught across the year. Geography units have been included for key stages 1 and 2 as, of course, there are links between these two subjects. Our knowledge builders provide much more detail of the content; children will be given these to take home at the beginning of each unit of work.
Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Nursery | Geography Understanding Our Environment COMMUNITY and EARTH
History People and Their Families DAILY LIFE | Geography The Different Ways in Which We Use Our Environment COMMUNITY and EARTH
History Stories and Festivals – Diwali and Christmas (How celebrations and traditions have changed and stayed the same.) COMMUNICATION and BELIEF | Geography The Arctic – Who Lives there? EARTH and GLOBAL MATTERS
History Story Settings from the Past and Chinese New Year Festival (How celebrations and traditions have changed or stayed the same.) DAILY LIFE and BELIEF | Geography Food from Around the World EARTH and GLOBAL MATTERS
History Growing and Changing over Time DAILY LIFE | Geography Different Seasons EARTH and GLOBAL MATTERS
History Growing and Changing over Time DAILY LIFE | Geography Holiday Destinations EARTH and CULTURE
History Journeys (Transport) DAILY LIFE and TECHNOLOGY |
Reception | Geography Friends, Family and Favourite Places COMMUNITY and CULTURE
History How Time Changes (Looking at timetables, days of the week and historical language e.g., yesterday). DAILY LIFE | Geography Caves EARTH
History Festivals – Diwali and Chanukah (How celebrations and traditions have changed and stayed the same.) BELIEF, CULTURE and COMMUNICATION | Geography Houses in Our Local Area and Maps Around the World COMMUNITY and EARTH
History Traditional Tales COMMUNICATION | Geography Treasure Maps EARTH
History Festivals – Easter (How celebrations and traditions have changed and stayed the same.) BELIEF, CULTURE and COMMUNICATION | Geography Caring for our World - Why Do We See Insects in the Summer? EARTH and GLOBAL MATTERS
History
How Animals Live and Change Over Time DAILY LIFE
| Geography Different Environments EARTH and GLOBAL MATTERS
History Artefacts Trail DAILY LIFE
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1 | Geography Our School and Local Area COMMUNITY
| History History of Childhood DAILY LIFE | Geography London, England COMMUNITY and CULTURE
| History History of Transport TECHNOLOGY and DAILY LIFE | Geography United Kingdom COMMUNITY and CULTURE
| History Monarchs (Two significant individuals: Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria) POWER |
2 | Geography Oceans and Continents EARTH | History Nurturing Nurses: Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole TECHNOLOGY and DAILY LIFE | Geography Hot and Cold Places of the World EARTH | History The Great Fire of London COMMUNICATION | Geography Contrasting Countries COMMUNITY and CULTURE
| History Explorers TECHNOLOGY and COMMUNICATION |
3 | Geography Rivers EARTH and GLOBAL MATTERS | History Stone Age to Iron Age TECHNOLOGY, DAILY LIFE and BELIEFS | Geography Settlements and Agriculture EARTH and COMMUNITY | History The Cradles of Civilisation POWER, COMMUNICATION and TECHNOLOGY | History Ancient Egypt BELIEFS, TECHNOLOGY and POWER | Geography Climates and Biomes (Including an introduction to Polar Climates) GLOBAL MATTERS and EARTH |
4 | History Ancient Greece POWER, BELIEFS and COMMUNICATION
| Geography Oceans and Coastal Processes EARTH and GLOBAL MATTERS | Geography Plate tectonics: Mountains, Volcanoes and Earthquakes EARTH and GLOBAL MATTERS | History Ancient Rome BELIEFS, POWER and INVASION | History Roman Britain INVASION, POWER, DAILY LIFE and BELIEFS | Geography The River Rhine and the Mediterranean CULTURE
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5 | History Early Islamic Civilisation BELIEFS, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION
| Geography Location, Location EARTH
| Geography North America, South America and Rainforests GLOBAL MATTERS | History Anglo Saxons and Scots in Britain POWER, INVASION, BELIEFS AND DAILY LIFE | History Anglo Saxons and Vikings INVASION, POWER and DAILY LIFE | Geography Why is California so Thirsty? GLOBAL MATTERS |
6 | Geography Contrasting Regions (Including the impact of climate change) GLOBAL MATTERS | History The History of London Through Migration POWER and DAILY LIFE | Geography Trade Links and Migration GLOBAL MATTERS | History The British Empire and Colonialism POWER, INVASION and DAILY LIFE | History World War II and the Impact on London POWER and INVASION | Geography Natural Resources and Sustainability GLOBAL MATTERS |