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History Intent

Pakefield Primary uses the  Connected History scheme of learning to inform and support their planning. It is taught as a half termly topic, focusing on the knowledge and skills as stated in the National Curriculum.  

EYFS

The children will: 

  • Talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members. 
  • Know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions. 
  • Talk about changes. 
  • Build on their understanding that lives were different in the past. 

Key Stage 1

Pupils are taught about: 

  • Changes within living memory. 
  • Events beyond living memory that, are significant nationally or globally [for example, the Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through festivals or anniversaries]. 
  • The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements [for example, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, Mary Seacole and/or Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell]. 
  • Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality. 

Key Stage 2

Pupils are taught about: 

  • Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. 
  • The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. 
  • Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots. 
  • The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. 
  • A local history study. 
  • A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066. 
  • The achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and a depth study of one of the following: Ancient Sumer; The Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt; The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China 
  • Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world. 
  • A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history – one study chosen from: early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900; Mayan civilization c. AD 900; Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300. 
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