History
At Park View Primary history is taught as part of the wider curriculum and is alternated with Geography. History lessons are ideally semi-blocked over 3-4 weeks allowing the children to be emersed in the learning, while allowing for spaced recall.
Our history curriculum is designed and planned by our teachers. We follow the six-step model as recommended by Hampshire. We want out history curriculum to be bespoke, drawing on local connections to the units we teach and working to ensure our children feel represented in the topics they learn about.
Each unit fits within a multi-subject topic allowing children to make links across their learning. Each area of study has a central question to direct and focus the learning. For each lesson, the subject leader provides a learning question to highlight the key knowledge to be learnt and a 'I can...' statement for the historical skills the children will be developing.
Enrichment
Enrichment activities are planned into many history units:
Year 1 | |||||
Games and leisure from 1960s Ó 1960s artefact box | 1666 Great Fire of London Day Ó Great Fire of London artefact box | v Trip to Milestones Museum /or/ m Visit of classic vehicles to school Ó Transport through time artefact box | |||
Year 2 | |||||
Victorian day with visit from a nurse who trained with Florence Nightingale Ó Victorian nurses’ artefact box | v Trip to Sea City (Titanic) museum Ó Titanic artefact box | m Virtual visit from Historic Royal Palaces Ó Three Queens artefact box | |||
Year 3 | |||||
Pre-historic day
| v Trip to Butser Ancient farm | m Romans day with Portals to the Past | |||
Ó Prehistoric Britain artefact box | Ó Roman Britain artefact box | ||||
Year 4 | |||||
Anglo-Saxon day Ó Anglo-Saxon artefact box | m Vikings day with Portals to the Past Ó Viking artefact box | v Trip to Basing House Ó Basing House – Tudor and Civil War artefact box | |||
Year 5 | |||||
Ancient Civilisations day Ó Comparing Ancient Civilisation artefact box Ó Egyptian tomb artefact box | m Greeks day with Portals to the Past Ó Ancient Greeks artefact box | ||||
Year 6 | |||||
Ó Baghdad Spice Road Market Place artefact box | v Trip to Tower of London | ||||
Key for enrichment: | |||||
Ó In house artefact box | v Trip away from school | In house organised and delivered | m Outside provider in school | ||