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Humanities
Humanities at Hartley
National Curriculum Expectations
The national curriculum for Geography aims to ensure that all pupils:
- Locational knowledge (knowing where places in the world are)
- Understanding the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world and how they change over time
- Interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- Communicate geographical information in a variety of ways.
The national curriculum for History aims to ensure that all pupils:
- Know and understand the chronological history from the earliest times to the present day and use vocabulary associated with the passing of time:
- Identify the similarities and differences of Britain and the wider world
Develop clear narratives within and across periods and identify connections, contrasts and trends - Ask and answer questions about change, cause, similarity, difference and significance
- Using a range of sources to support them in asking and answering questions about the past
History and Geography at Hartley
History and Geography topics are chosen so that they are age appropriate and where possible culturally relevant. We aim to teach Humanities in a variety of ways to make it interesting and relevant to our pupils. To enhance our children’s learning experiences, we use a range of real life sources, including workshops, visitors, books and educational visits. Cross curricular links are made where relevant and subject coverage allows clear progressions of skills and knowledge, over time. In Geography, we aim to provide hands on experiences for the children by utilising the local environment and comparing this to contrasting localities.
Humanities Curriculum overview
YEAR 1 |
GEOGRAPHY: Geographical skills and field work Our school |
HISTORY Our school (past and present) |
GEOGRAPHY UK countries |
HISTORY World History Great fire of London and Guy Fawkes |
YEAR 2 |
GEOGRAPHY: Geographical skills and field work Our local area (East Ham) |
HISTORY Our local area-East Ham past and present |
GEOGRAPHY The UK and the continents |
HISTORY World History Space Race and Neil Armstrong |
YEAR 3 |
GEOGRAPHY: Geographical skills and field work Our local area (Newham) |
HISTORY Our local area- Newham past and present |
GEOGRAPHY The UK, Europe and the World |
HISTORY World History Stone Age to Iron Age |
YEAR 4 |
GEOGRAPHY: Geographical skills and field work Docklands |
HISTORY Docklands- changes over time |
GEOGRAPHY The World and North America |
HISTORY World History Ancient Egypt |
YEAR 5 |
GEOGRAPHY: Geographical skills and field work London |
HISTORY London- changes over time |
GEOGRAPHY The World and South America |
HISTORY World History Ancient Greece |
YEAR 6 |
GEOGRAPHY: Geographical skills and field work Lake District |
HISTORY Lake District- changes over time |
GEOGRAPHY The World- Europe and a contrasting continent |
HISTORY: World History Viking and Anglo- Saxons |
Experiences