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Headteacher: Mrs V. CamposHistory
HISTORY
Learning history at Boxmoor Primary School is all about bringing the past to life for the children. The National Curriculum has been divided up amongst the year groups with respect to appropriateness of content at different ages and natural curriculum links with other subjects. We have recently worked collaboratively in order to include four extra units focussing on the movement of people and diversity in society.
We focus our teaching for each history unit on an overarching question that we revisit at the end of the teaching. This is in order for the children to now answer the question posed using the knowledge they have gained. Each unit will also endeavour to make links with our local area and population where this is relevant.
Embedded in each unit is:
- the gaining of subject specific vocabulary,
- an understanding of how the past is similar and different to how we live today,
- an understanding of chronology, both in relation to events studied through that unit and in relation to how the unit fits within the chronology of the units they have previously studied,
- the opportunity to ask and answer questions,
- the opportunity to explore a range of sources of information and to question their validity.
In each unit, to supplement the learning we provide, we try to include a visit to a historical site or museum, invite visitors to share their knowledge and include replica artefacts to handle in the classroom.
The following are the units that the children currently learn within each year group and each overarching question:
Year group | Unit | Question |
Early Years | Me and my world | What is the story of me and my world? |
Early Years | What a wonderful world | What makes our world wonderful? |
Early Years | Oh the places we’ll go! | Where have I been and where will I go? |
Year 1 | Changes within living memory: Toys | Are my toys better than my grandparent’s toys?
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Year 1 | Significant people in our locality: John Dickinson | Can you make paper like John Dickinson? |
Year 1 | Changes within living memory: Cowper Road | What is the oldest building on Cowper Road? |
Year 2 | A national event beyond living memory: The Great Fire of London | How did the Great Fire of London change London? |
Year 2 | Significant individuals in the past: Mary Seacole, Edith Cavell, Florence Nightingale. | Which nurse do you most admire? |
Year 3 | Changes in Britain: Stone Age to Iron Age. | Is The Flintstones movie accurate? |
Year 3: | Achievements of early civilisations: Overview of four civilisations, plus an in depth study of the Egyptians. | If you were a pharaoh, how would you rule? |
Year 3 | Local History Study: The Box Moor Trust | What do you think Boxmoor will look like in 100 years? |
Year 3 | Migration study: Hemel Hempstead | What is the biggest change that has happened to Hemel Hempstead? |
Year 4 | Migration study: Britain. | What has made Britain such a popular country to live in? |
Year 4 | The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. | Would you sign up to be a Roman soldier? |
Year 4 | An aspect of British history beyond 1066: The railways. | Why was Boxmoor chosen as the place to build the world’s first passenger train station? |
Year 5 | Britain’s settlement by Anglo Saxons and Scots. | The Anglo Saxons: Did they have the right angle? |
Year 5 | The Vikings and their impact on Britain. | Vicious Vikings: Are they really that bad? |
Year 5 | A non-European society that contrasts with British history: Mayan Civilisation. | Could you live like a Mayan? |
Year 5 | Migration study: The Windrush Generation. | What could be better than sun, sea and sand? |
Year 6 | An aspect of British history beyond 1066: World War 2. | War, what is it good for? |
Year 6 | Ancient Greece. | How groovy were the Greeks? |
Year 6 | Migration study: Slavery | Slavery? Shame on us? |
If you, or someone you know, has knowledge or experience connected to one or more of the units that we study please contact the history coordinator, who would be pleased to welcome further contributions to our learning.
Whole School Museum made for History Mystery Day - Which item's description is a lie?
