History

Autumn 1 Feedback

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Year 4 children remembered covering the Stone Age and could remember some facts such as, hunter gatherers. They also recalled completing stone age paintings and going into the forest pretending to be early humans.

Other year groups recalled facts about the Romans specifically their battles with the Celts. Anglo Saxon farming was another topic which the children enjoyed.

Children remembered and enjoyed trips with a History focus particularly the Year 3 trip to the Liverpool World Museum when they got to see real life mummies and other Egyptian artefacts.

 

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Children would like to link Geography with history so that they can understand where the events took place.

The children would like to have more visitors linked to their history topic as they really like it when they get to handle artefacts and to experience life like for example: a stone age person.

Children would like more trips linked to history as one of their favourite trips is to the World Museum in Liverpool.

Children said they would also like to complete some retrieval tasks to help them to remember more of their history learning.

Children could not recall where the History display- we went to the display and they discussed it together. The children requested a bigger board so that more super history work can be displayed. They also expressed an interest in being able to plan out and make the display more interactive.

 

Autumn 2 Feedback

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KS1 – talked about their trip to the park to learn about John Mercer and how they learned so much from their visit.

Y3 – discussed how they loved their hands on activities both in our school forest and with the visitors in school.

Y4 – talked positively about the topic they were learning and the task they completed to find the most important facts. “I felt like a historian!” They also were enthusiastic about the workshops they have taken part in this half term.

Y5 – said they liked the activity exploring different smells of spices from Asia and they were enthusiastic about the workshop. They were impressed by how much they had remembered from last year. They have enjoyed their unit on Ancient Islamic Civilisations.

Y6 – were incredibly enthusiastic about the unit on Titanic. They talked about the activity of finding out if their chosen passenger had survived. They loved completing their double page spread and the independence of find their own information about the Titanic to complete this.

 

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• KS1 wanted to go on even more visits!
• Year 5 said they wanted more artefacts as they hadn’t been able to see many because of the unit.
• KS2 all want to complete a double page spread in each unit

 

Spring 1 feedback 

 

 

 Spring 2 feedback

 

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Children were able to use a timeline and interpret the information appropriately for their age. Children could all tell me about their favourite lesson and what they learned in this. KS2 have enjoyed carrying out their own research in history lessons. All children have had access to artefacts, photographs etc during lessons. Children were able to articulate ways that help them remember what they have learned – hands on activities, own research, role play etc. Children remain enthusiastic about their history learning and the units being covered.

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Children could easily recall the vocabulary taught in units. Children knew they had learned it but couldn’t easily recall it. Children had more time to explore on their own with less teacher talk (explained the need for teachers to share a narrative first). Children were confident when discussing the history symbols and how they have covered them in units taught. Children asked for more visual support to help them to be able to imagine what they are learning. Some were unsure what the people, places etc looked like in their most recent unit of history.

 

 Summer 1 feedback

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All children were enthusiastic about their learning and the topics covered in school.

What is something that children moving into your year have to look forward to next year?

• Year 6 – Learning about the Titanic and exploring the reasons why it sank and making comparisons with today and asking historical questions. We got to do our own research on the Titanic. We also got to find out about a passenger and then find out if they survived or not. We also played games using morse code to try and survive the Titanic.
• Year 5 – Learning about the House of Wisdom and the Viking workshop because we did lots of different things like finding artefacts and making comparisons. They also get to go to Jorvik and explore artefacts and visit the centre and learn lots about Vikings.
• Year 4 – Learning about the Roman Empire and finding out how the Romans affected life in Britain and how we still use Roman things now. The Greeks too because they will get to find out about the different Greek gods. They will also do the Roman workshop.
• Year 3 – The Egyptian workshop and learning about Ancient Egypt and doing different activities. We got to look at lots of different artefacts and work out what they meant. For the Stone Age, they get to go to the forest and look for different artefacts and be archaeologists. We also did a Stone Age workshop.
• Year 2 – They will get to learn about Florence Nightingale and learn about her life. They can see how Florence made hospitals better. They will also learn about different toys that our parents and grandparents played with.
• Year 1 – They will learn about the soldiers who died and make poppies to remember them. They can go to the park and look at the names of the soldiers who had died. They will learn about John Mercer and can go and look at his house.

 

What advice would you give your teachers to make next year even better?

• Year 6 – Using timelines more and creating our own narratives to share what we have found out.
• Year 5 – a little more time to research and do double page spreads with information we find ourselves.
• Year 4 – A bit more acting and drama in lessons.
• Year 3 – More lessons outside especially for the Stone Age.
• Year 2 – To go on a trip or have a workshop.
• Year 1 – To have visitors who can tell us about their life in the past.