History
WELCOME TO HISTORY
AT HCCPS!
2024-2025
Our vision for History is to deliver enquiry-driven, skills-based lessons which serve the purpose of raising inquisitive and enthusiastic young historians who are curious about the past and what it can tell us. Pupils seek knowledge through the means of analysing a wide range of sources whilst considering the reliability of those sources. They present their findings through a range of creative outcomes.
HISTORIANS OUT AND ABOUT - Phoebe in Year 5 came face to face with Emmeline Pankhurst at Madame Tussaud's in London. What brilliant inspiration for our Year 5/6 History topic - Fighting for Freedom! This is what she said about it.
‘It was great to see the model of Emmeline after learning about her. It was a very detailed and lifelike model. It even had her medal which had ‘hunger strike’ on it. I can see why she is famous as she has done so much for women.'
OCTOBER WAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
KS1 & KS2 HISTORY TOPIC CYCLES
AUTUMN TERM HISTORY
YEAR 1/2 - FIRE AUTUMN 2
YEAR 3/4 - THE ROMANS AUT 1
ROMAN DAY - OCT 2024
Year 3/4 had a dress-up day and took part in lots of Roman activities including making their own bread, designing mosaics and practising turtle formations with their shields like the Roman army!
Here are some quotes from children about what they enjoyed most about their Roman Day...
I really enjoyed our Roman Day because we got to dress up in togas and make different battle formations as the Roman Army. My favourite part was making mouth-watering bread!
Charlotte – Year 4.
Our Roman Day was incredible! We got to make our own bread, which was delicious and designed mosaics. My favourite part was when we got to make turtle formations like the Roman army, with our shields.
Takeru – Year 4.
The Roman Day was really enjoyable because we got to do things that we probably won’t get to do again! I really liked marching as a Roman soldier and doing formations with our shields.
Jacob – Year 4.
YEAR 5/6 - FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AUTUMN TERM
TRIP TO THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, DUXFORD - OCT 2024
LOOK ON THE Y5/6 YEAR GROUP PAGE ON THE CHILDREN TAB FOR MORE PHOTOS!
In the first half term we have been looking at what life was like for Victorian women and the fight by suffragettes to secure the right to vote. Here are some Suffragette posters we made to help the cause.
SUFFRAGETTE DEBATES - We had one suffragette debate about whether women should or shouldn't get the vote and another debate about whether it was better to be a suffragette or a (peaceful) suffragist. The children had to come up with strong arguments for their side of the debate. The other half then voted for the stronger debating team, even if they didn't agree with their views. Let's just say there were some very strong opinions and convincing arguments!
HISTORICAL TERMINOLOGY
PROGRESSION OF SKILLS DOCUMENT Y1-6
HISTORY TOPICS OUTLINE
Check out these websites:
and Museums:
Watch lots of classic episodes of Horrible Histories:
