Humanities
At North Star 82’, History and Geography is taught via a Project Based Learning Approach, with a key driving question to answer. Every project brings together learning across the curriculum but commonly has History or Geography as a lead subject. Incorporated into their learning, will be varied opportunities for computing, Art and Design, Design Technology and Music.
History
History is all around us; in our families with their unique backgrounds, cultures and traditions and in our local and wider communities. The study of history ignites children’s curiosity about the past in Britain and the wider world. Through finding out about how and why the world, our country, culture and local community have developed over time, children understand how the past influences the present. History enables children to develop a context for their growing sense of identity and a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people. What they learn through history can influence their decisions about personal choices, attitudes and values. At North Star 82’, our intent, when teaching history, is to stimulate the children’s curiosity in order for them to develop their knowledge, skills and understanding.
Lessons and themes that your child will experience:
Term 1
KS1
What makes me, my school and my city unique?
Lower KS2
What would I survive better?
The iron age or the stone age?
Upper KS2
How great really was King Alfred the Great and why?
Term 2
KS1
What is up with the weather in England?
Lower KS2
Would Bristol have been better as an Anglo-Saxon or Viking town?
Upper KS2
How can North Star 82’ support sustainability of the planet?
Term 3
KS1
What makes a great explorer, and how would you explore somewhere new?
Lower KS2
Where is the most dangerous place in the world to live and how would you survive it?
Upper KS2
If you redesigned the world’s first city what would you change and why?
Term 4
KS1
Why was Brunel a pioneer?
Lower KS2
How does life in the Amazon rainforest compare to Bristol?
Upper KS2
Why do people live in megacities? (Guangzhou, China)
Term 5
KS1
How is life in England different from life in a village in Kenya?
Lower KS2
Why is the UK considered a Christian country?
Upper KS2
What was life like during the Blitz?
(Evacuees, WW2)
Term 6 – Changing
KS1
Why do we need to look after our beaches?
Lower KS2
How can we make roads safer in Henbury?
Upper KS2
What was life like during the Blitz?
