Autumn 1: 

In History this half-term, we are basing our learning around the enquiry question: 'How have children's lives changed?'. Throughout this topic, we are going to: 

• Make inferences and deductions from primary and secondary sources.
• Explain why children needed to work.
• Identify the jobs Tudor and Victorian children had.
• Describe the working conditions of Tudor and Victorian children.
• Identify how Lord Shaftesbury changed the lives of children and evaluate the impact of his work.
• Use sources to identify leisure activities and compare them over time.
• Identify diseases past children suffered from and discuss how effective the treatments were.

Spring 1: 

In History this half-term, we are basing our learning around the enquiry question: 'What was important to the Ancient Egyptians?'. Throughout the topic, we are going to:

• Identify where and when ancient civilisations first appeared.
• Ask historically valid questions about sources.
• Identify Ancient Egypt’s location and its key geographical features.
• Explain why the River Nile was important to ancient Egyptians. 
• Explain the significance of the Rosetta Stone.
• Explain the importance of gods and goddesses to people in Ancient Egypt.
• Analyse mummification’s connection to Ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife.
• Decide what was important to people in Ancient Egypt. 

Summer 1: 

In History this half-term, we are basing our learning around the enquiry question: 'How did the Achievements of the Ancient Maya Impact their Society and Beyond?'. Throughout this topic, we are going to:

• Sequence the key periods of the Ancient Maya civilisation.
• Identify periods that were happening in Britain at the same time.
• Explain how the Ancient Maya settled in the rainforest and the challenges they faced.
• Describe Ancient Maya beliefs.
• Name the features of the Ancient Maya cities.
• Make deductions about the Ancient Maya cities.
• Evaluate the reasons for the decline of the Maya civilisation.
• Understand the importance of archaeologists, archivists and historians in constructing our understanding of the past.