Humanities
History
At Winwick CE, we love History and enjoy learning about the past, how historians find out about past events and what impact this has today on our lives.
On this page you will find our Long Term overview plan which gives an overview of what we teach and when. A more detailed coverage document is held within school which the teachers plan from. This ensures there is progression and sequencing of concepts from Early Years through to Year 6.
On this page you will also find some examples of the fabulous learning we have been doing in History which we wanted to share.
History Policy and Curriculum Overview
You will see the main unit headings in the overview. A detailed sequenced and progressive planning document is used by teachers. Within the policy you will see examples of how this is set out and planned from Early Years, into Key Stage 1 and then finally into Key Stage 2.
Displays Around Our School
Samples of Work
Keep checking in to see what other periods of History we are studying and how we are linking our learning across these!
KS1 - Old Toys
The children loved using the old toys and games to find out what it was like being a child in their grandparents era. They also interviewed their grandparents and made an old toy timeline.
Year 1 Toys - what can we learn about History from toys in the past?
Year 1 The old toy room comparing old and new toys activity pack
Year 1 Old Toys teaching activities
KS2 - Stone Age
The children loved making Stone Age tools. It really secured their understanding of why this period of History needed such tools and the materials they were made from.
Year 3 Changes from Stone Age to Iron Age
Stone Age to Iron Age timeline ordering activity
Year 3 Stone Age Art and craft ideas
KS2 - Ancient Rome
The children worked together as a class to produce a toilet roll timeline; it really helped them to understand the chronology of the Romans.
KS2 - The Roman Empire
Year 4 What was life like in Ancient Rome
KS2 - The Vikings
Viking Day
We invited a visitor into school to share experiences about living in Viking times. It was brilliant and really helped to bring all our learning to life.
We had a fabulous Viking Day in school, children came dressed as Vikings and we learnt so much. We discovered how to make a Viking home, how Vikings travelled, about Vikings buried at sea, Viking God’s and so much more! The children particularly liked preparing for battle and making their own Viking games and pots. We handled a whole range of artefacts and made observational drawings, we reflected upon how these might have been used during Viking times.
A Viking Invasion
KS2 - Ancient Maya
In Year 6, we were excited to be studying Ancient Maya! We started our topic by thinking of our own questions, here are some of the questions our children wanted to explore...
* What did The Ancient Maya people eat?
* Did they have towns and villages?
* Who did they worship?
* How did they communicate?
* Were they able to write?
* Did they have Kings and Queens?
* What are codices?
We enjoyed learning about Maya masks . We sketched our own.
We began by learning about Maya Masks!
Did you know … ? Mayas were buried with a death mask, which was intended to protect the wearer on their journey to the afterlife.
We sketched our own mask designs, then we made 3D masks and painted them!
We made our own 3D Maya mask. When it dried we decided whether we wanted to create an event mask or death mask. Finally we painted them.
We loved discovering more about the Maya number system. We made our own Maya calculations (instead of using pebbles we used conkers!).
KS2 - Ancient Maya
Geography
At Winwick CE, we love Geography and enjoy learning about the world, the environment and the people who live in it. On this page you will find our Long Term overview plan which gives an overview of what we teach and when. A more detailed coverage document is held within school which the teachers plan from, this ensures there is progression and sequencing of concepts from Early Years through to Year 6.
On this page you will see some of the fabulous learning we have done in Geography which we wanted to share.
Geography Curriculum Overview and Policy
Please click on the resources below to see our Geography overview of the units we cover as well as our policy document. The teachers deliver from a more detailed, sequenced progressive document which ensures the full coverage of the National Curriculum and Early Years Development Matters.
National Curriculum - Geography
Geography Field Trips
Geography around school
KS2 Volcanoes and Earthquakes
We have been learning about Volcanoes and Earthquakes.
We have really enjoyed learning about the active volcano in LA Palma. We have written our own newspaper reports.
After painting our volcanoes we decided to make them erupt!
We did a practical activity using chocolate and custard. The chocolate was the Earth’s plates and the custard was the magma.
We enjoyed making our own volcanoes using modelling clay. We used tools to create a bumpy effect where the lava had flowed.
I enjoyed making my volcano.
We also made chatterbox volcanoes to help us learn more about what goes on inside a volcano.
KS2 - Europe
We have been learning all about Europe, we had fun learning about the Mediterranean. We made short adverts persuading our friends to visit!
KS2 - The UK
We have been learning about the UK. We used an atlas to find physical features, we looked at mountain ranges, rivers and oceans. We've learned about the Capital cities of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and studied human and physical features.
We planned our own day trips. What geographical language can you hear?
We used the ict suite and an atlas to plan a day trip
EYFS - The Seaside
In EYFS we enjoyed learning all about the seaside.
"Penguins and Polar bears have blubber."
In our Seaside Topic we learnt about sun safety and made posters showing how to stay safe in the sun
Always wear suncream.
Did you know ...?
The sun's harmful UV rays can burn your skin even when it's cloudy!
Did you know ...?
The sun is hottest between 11 am - 3 pm.
Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated on hot days.
"I love playing in our beach cafe."
I'm making a sandcastle."
"We are colouring in pictures of the beach, you have to use the right colours."
"I made a lego beach."
"The pirate ships are in the sea."
"I'm going to stand on these stones at the beach."
"This is the Earth."
"In cold places there is snow. Snow is in the North Pole."
"In September I am going to live in Australia for two years."
"Polar bears are a white bear and they live in the North Pole."
"The North Pole."
Did you know ... ?
"Polar bears have two coats of fur - black underneath then white."
EYFS EXTRA ACTIVITIES
Sun safety word and picture matching
KS1 Weather and Climate
Year 1 Draw the weather worksheet
KS2 - Volcano/Earthquake Activities
Larva pours down LA Palma streets
Live webcams
Year 3/4 Live rainforest bird and critter cam
Year 5 Mount Etna summit craters live webcam