"The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future." – Theodore Roosevelt
History National Curriculum (Click to read)
We are passionate about History at Broad Town Primary School. Studying history gives pupils the opportunity to develop an understanding of why the world and its people are the way they are today. They begin to ask questions as they explore the diversity of human experience, past lives and societies. At Broad Town, children develop an understanding of how History has had an impact on our lives today both locally, nationally and internationally. Lessons are planned so that there is time for discussion and debate, fostering an environment of enquiry which enables children to revise and justify their opinions as well as encouraging children to ask and answer questions about the past.
At Broad Town Primary, we believe that trips, visitors and workshops help cement historical understanding and bring history to life.
We believe it is important that children remember and recall History curriculum knowledge to support their learning. For example, we want our children to be able to quickly recall key features of historical periods. We provide children with History knowledge organisers, detailing the most important information they need to know. Children are quizzed on these in low-stakes, fun recall sessions to embed the learning of key facts and concepts in their long-term memories.
Useful websites
You might find some of the following websites useful:
BBC Teach KS1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks1-history/z6h3jhv
BBC Teach KS2
History Coverage Overview
EYFS is separate from the National Curriculum (NC) however the children's experiences form the foundation for their learning in Year 1 and beyond from the History NC.
EYFS Understanding the world
In foundation stage the children…….
- Look at pictures of themselves now and themselves as babies, and talk about how they have changed.
- Learn about families – children, parents, grandparents – and relate to the past, eg parents were once babies, then children etc.
- Learn vocabulary that helps them to talk about the past, present and future such as yesterday, today, tomorrow, last week, this week, next week, last year, this year, next year, a long time ago.
- Listen to stories that are set in the past.
- Compare things in the past and now, linked to our topics
- Learn the names of some significant people from the past, such as Neil Armstrong, Guy Fawkes, Florence Nightingale, Pocahontas (linked to our topics).
For most of our lessons we will be using Peason's whole-school curriculum for Primary History with the following topics.
Click on the unit titles to find out the enquiry questions covered.
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KS1 History Units |
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KS2 History Units |
2024-2025 Units Covered this academic year
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Class 1 |
The Great Fire of London |
Changes with living memory- toys and grandparents |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
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Class 2 |
Roman Britain |
Anglo Saxons |
Vikings |
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Class 3 |
Civil rights |
Twentieth Century Conflict |
Changing Britain |
