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History Curriculum Overview

Below you will find the knowledge, skills and focuses in History at St Peter's

Year Group

Curriculum Focus

Reception

Our own timelines, the year and festivals /celebrations

Year One

 Significant individuals- Neil Armstrong

 Kings and Queens

 Changes in our living memory: Toys

Year Two

Our School: a local history project

Significant individuals- Grace Darling

Changes outside of living memory-the Victorians

Year Three

Stone Age to Iron Age

Romans in Britain 

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Year Four

Ancient Civilisations overview, focus on Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mayan Civilisations

Music in British history

Local History Study: Shoreham In Time

Year Five

Local History study: World War 2,

Human Rights in the UK- changes over time

 Ancient Greece

Year Six

Local History Study-Brighton tourism changes to a seaside town

Changes over time since 1066- Crime and Punishment