History and Geography Topic Overview - Whole School

The passing of time and changes that occur over time-growing up, things they could not do as a baby and can now do, will be able to do in the future.

Understanding of historical events and how they are remembered in various ways-Bonfire night, Remembrance Day.

Location of resources within the classroom and within the school.

Differences between day and night and what happens in these times.

Inventions-thinking about what uses electricity today and what people did before electricity was discovered.

Fairy tale stories-old stories that have stood the test of time.

Comparison of environments - Urban and country (visit to a farm)

Seasons-changes that have occurred from Winter, through Spring and then Summer-trees, flowers, clothes we wear, activities we do.

Local history focus-Our school's past.

Explore the physical and human characteristics of the United Kingdom.

Look closely at fossils and studying reptiles to understand how dinosaurs may have lived and eventually died out.

Learn about our own school and its locality, both today and in the past. And compare schooling in the Victorian era to their experiences today.

Explore the physical and human features of coastal regions across the United Kingdom.

Explore and research historically significant people who have had a major impact on the world.

Learn about the English and British monarchy from AD 871 to the present day.

Explore our home town and discovering how it's changed over time. Also, how we can improve our urban environment.

Imagine our local area during prehistoric times by learning about the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

Learn about the layers of the earth, rocks, soils and fossils.

Explore the fabulous Ancient Greeks.

Learn about the everyday lives of the Saxons and the Vikings.

learn about the characteristics and physical processes of rivers.

Learn about the battles between the Romans and Celts. Who was triumphant?

Explore the causes and the effects of the First World War.

Travel back in time to meet the terrifying Tudors.

Explore the features and characteristics of land use in agricultural regions across the world.

Learn what it was like for children during WW2.

Learn about the climate, landscape and natural resources of the Arctic and Antarctic.

Explore the Inuit way of life.

Learn about Africa past and present and the development of the slave trade.

Explore Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, the causes and consequences of the European colonisation of Africa and the worldwide communities that make up the African diaspora.