History in KS2

Guided by the history subject progression document, children in KS2 deepen their understanding of chronology, access a range of primary and secondary sources and use an ever-widening vocabulary. Children critically analyse the information they are given and use this to reach reasoned judgements and hypothesise reasons for key events in local, UK, European and world history.
 
Educational visits form a key part of the history curriculum. They are planned in conjunction with our long-term plans to link in with the subject area being studied. Class teachers ensure that the visits are stimulating, engaging and enhance the learning taking place in the classroom.
 
 
History is also brought alive by bringing in outside visitors (these videos with the children re-enacting a Viking burial were taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic).
 
 
Our teachers and children fully embrace technology and this can be found across all of KS2, from UKS2 creating podcasts about the Mayan creation story and Year 3 children using their computing time to create PowerPoints: choosing their own aspect of the Victorian period to research, from toys and school to Queen Victoria herself. 
 
 
In the UKS2 corridor, children's humanities-based topic work is framed.
 
Series of lessons are planned to develop the children's skills as young historians. The lessons take a variety of forms and each is focussed on a particular area of the skills progression document. Sometimes children develop their skills creatively either by making or drawing, and sometimes they synthesise the information they have learned to create an extended pieces writing across a range of genres.
 
Bright and engaging display boards are used to showcase children's work.