Year 1
- Changes in living memory linked to aspects of change in national life where appropriate
- Lives of significant historical figures: Florence Nightingale
- Comparisons from different periods
- Significant local people
- Key events/local importance
Year 2
- Changes in living memory linked to aspects of National life where appropriate
- Lives of significant historical figures
- Comparisons from different periods
- Significant local people: LS Lowry
- Key events/local importance
Year 3
- Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age:
- Late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers, eg Skara Brae
- Bronze Age religion, technology and travel, eg Stonehenge
- Iron Age hill forts: tribal kingdoms. Farming, art and culture
- The Roman empire and its impact on Britain:
- Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55-54 BC
- The Roman empire by AD 42 and the power of its army
- British resistance eg Boudica
- A local history study
Year 4
- Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons:
- Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life.
- Anglo-Saxon art and culture
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor:
- Viking raids and invasion
- Resistance by Alfred the Great and Athelstan, first king of England
- Further Viking invasions and Danegeld
- Anglo-Saxon laws and justice
- Broader history study: the Mayans
Year 5
- A study of an aspect or theme in a British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the changing power of monarchs using case studies: Victorians
Year 6
- A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: A significant turning point in British history: World wars
- Ancient Greece: a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world