History LONG TERM PLAN
Learning
Team
Autumn
Settling In and Celebration
Spring
Let’s Eat and Entertain
Year 1
The lives of significant individuals
Florence Nightengale
Clarice Cliff
Events beyond living
memory
Potato Famine
Year 2
Changes within living
memory
Holidays
The lives of significant individual
Christopher Columbus/other explorer
Significant historical
events
Titanic
Year 3
Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots
Could include; Anglo-Saxon invasion, settlement
and kingdoms, art and culture, Christian conversion
A study of an aspect or theme in British history
Food changes or other topic link
Entertainment changes or other topic link
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
Could include; Julius Caeser, power of army,
Boudica and ‘Romanisation’ of Britain
Year 4
Ancient Greece
A study of Greek life and achievements and their
influence on the western world
A local history study
Pottery industry
Year 5
Year 6
Significant historical
events
Aviation
A local history study
St Gregory’s school history and Census
investigation
Changes within living
memory
Summer
Town and Country
A local history study
6 Towns
A non-European society
Mayan Civilization
The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle
Could include: Viking raids and invasion, Edward the
Confessor, Anglo-Saxon laws and justice.
Significant historical events
Monarchy
Events beyond living
memory
GFOL
The achievements of the earliest civilisations
The Indus Valley
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron
Age
Could include; late Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron
Age
The achievements of the earliest civilisations
Shang Dynasty
Statutory requirement
Non-statutory suggestions (can be altered depending on class, children’s interest area or History Leader monitoring)