Northbrook Primary Academy History whole school overview
Autumn Spring Summer Local History Study
The most relevant statements for history are taken from the following area of learning - Understanding the World – and children’s learning is threaded throughout the year through their engagement with these core texts
EYFS
Toys through Time
How have the toys we play with changed over time?
Themes:
Year 1
Chronology Technology
Florence Nightingale
Year 2
Great Fire of London
How does Samuel Pepys’s diary help us understand the events of the Great Fire of London?
Themes:
Monarchy
Conflict Technology
The Moon Landing
What challenges did Florence Nightingale have to face to help the sick during the Crimean War?
Themes:
People, events and places
Conflict achievements
Stone age to Iron Age
How did Britain change from the Stone age to the Iron age?
Themes:
Year 3
Movement and settlement
Achievements and legacy
Year 4
Year 5
The Blitz and WW2
What was it like to be a child during World War 2?
Themes:
Society and governance
Achievements and legacy
Conflict
Anglo Saxon and Viking conflict
Were the Anglo Saxons the only people to invade Britain?
Themes:
Movement and settlement
Conflict Society and governance
The Victorians & The British Empire
How did life change for children during Victorian times?
Themes:
Year 6
Movement and settlement
Economy and agriculture
Society and governance Achievements and legacy
What Makes Someone a Significant Person?
Themes:
People, events and places
Achievements and Legacy
Comparing ancient civilisations
What do ancient civilisations have in common?
Themes:
Movement and settlement
Economy and agriculture
Society and governance Achievement and Legacy
Ancient Egyptians
What was ancient Egyptian society like?
Themes:
Economy and agriculture
Society and governance
Achievements and legacy
Crime and Punishment
How has crime and punishment changed over time?
Themes:
Society and governance
Achievements and legacy
WW1 Was it the Great War?
Themes:
Economy and agriculture
Society and governance
Conflict
Transport
How has transport changed over time?
Themes: Chronology Technology
Monarchs Who runs our country?
Themes:
People, events and places
Monarchy Achievements and legacy
The Romans How Roman was Roman Britain?
Themes: Society and governance
Conflict Achievement and legacy
Anglo Saxon invasion and settlement
Why did the Anglo Saxons come to Britain?
Themes:
Movement and settlement
Economy and Agriculture Society and governance
Ancient Greece
Can we thank Ancient Greece for anything in our lives today?
Themes:
Society and agriculture
Conflict
Achievements and legacy
Early Islamic Why was it called the ‘Golden Age’?
Themes:
Economy and agriculture Society and governance Achievements and legacy.
Significant person – Leyland
Themes:
People, events and places Technology
Leyland’s celebrations (coronations, jubilees etc)
Themes:
Monarchy Chronology
Transport
Themes:
Movement and settlement
Achievements and legacy
Conflict
Industrial Revolution
Themes:
Movement and settlement
Economy and agriculture
Achievements and legacy
Leyland at war
Themes:
Conflict
Society and governance
Economy and Agriculture
Slavery
Themes:
Movement and settlement
Economy and agriculture
Society and governance
Achievements and legacy.
Conflict