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The children took part in an immersion day where they had the opportunities to learn about Ancient Benin. They made traditional Nigerian cakes, used clay to replicate Benin bronze plaques, learnt an African dance and even wrote a menu for the Oba!

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At Rothwell Primary School, our aims are to ensure that our pupils experience a wide breadth of study which is stored into their long term memory.

Topics have been carefully selected to enable pupils to be informed and thoughtful members of our community who understand and believe in both our school and British values.

By enabling our children to think like a  'historian' we are aiming to increase their cultural capital.

Key concepts tie together the subject topics into meaningful schema. The same concepts are explored in a wide breadth of topics. Through this ‘forwards-and-backwards engineering’ of the curriculum, pupils return to the same key concepts over and over, and gradually build understanding of them.

By focusing on knowledge threads in each subject, which give pupils a way of expressing their understanding of the key concepts, enables them to make links between topics allowing them to become creative thinkers with a greater depth of understanding.

Within each phase, pupils gradually progress through three cognitive domains: basic, advancing and deep. The goal for pupils is to build upon knowledge already learnt to an advanced stage of understanding where they can use explanation and comparison skills.

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We are currently working on History Overview Cycle 1

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We are currently working on History Overview Cycle 1

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Take a look at our amazing topics.

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Take a look at the overview of History for Cycle 1

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Take a look at the overview of History for Cycle 1

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Take a look at the overview of History for Cycle 2

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Take a look at the overview of History for Cycle 2

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Here are our Knowledge Organisers for this year's topics

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The British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. Over 6 million visitors every year experience the collection, including world-famous objects such as the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, and Egyptian mummies.
Discover our interactive experience The Museum of the World

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British Museum, London, United Kingdom - Google Arts & Culture

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The British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. Over 6 million visitors every year experience the col...

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History is understanding of the past at personal, local, national and international levels.

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https://royalarmouries.org/

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The Royal Armouries is a national museum dedicated to arms and armour, housing the national collection of arms and armour.

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Here are our Knowledge Organisers from this year's topics

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Here are our Knowledge Organisers form this year's topics

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Lists of recommended books and quality texts for primary history topics. Browse by subject, key stage or topic.

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Key concepts are the basis for our schema. These are the big ideas that underpin the subject. The four key concepts in history are:

•Investigate and interpret the past – This concept involves recognising that our understanding of the past comes from an interpretation of the available evidence.

•Build an overview of world history – This concept involves an appreciation of the characteristic features of the past and that these features are similar and different across time periods, and an understanding that life is different for different sections of society.

•Understand chronology – This concept involves an understanding of how to chart the passing of time and how some aspects of history happened at similar times in different places.

•Communicate historically – This concept involves using historical vocabulary and techniques to convey information about the past.

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In UKS2, they used their substantive knowledge gained during our Benin topic to state if the Benin bronze plaques should be returned to Nigeria.

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Clay Benin plaques

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We learnt an African dance

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In KS1, they used chronology to map the events of Captain Scott.

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To assist our learning, we went on an amazing historical field trip to Eden Camp, Malton. The children had incredible fun seeing primary sources up close such as: weapons, clothing and even working tanks! We experienced interactive displays that took us back in time to the streets of London, during and after, a night of bombing; life in a German U-boat and the entertainment hall, joining in with the classical songs of this era.

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In LKS2, they demonstrated their knowledge of Viking longboats and what made them so effective.

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In LKS2, they used their knowledge of chronology to show the main events of the end of the Anglo Saxons in Britain.

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Please take a look at our curriculum for History at RPS. Our school curriculum works over a two year cycle. The 2024-25 school year will be using the cycle 1 curriculum.

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History at RPS Progression Document - Cycle 1

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History at RPS Progression Document - Cycle 2