Theme

Each term I will be sending home a knowledge organiser these can also be found in the 'Knowledge Organiser' tab. Please encourage your child to read through it and learn some of the vocabulary linked to the topics we will be learning. This will really them to engage in the lesson and will also help you to understand more about the topic we are teaching.

Autumn 1

 Our theme is…There’s no place like home

Our Key Questions are:

• What are the human and physical features of our local area?
• How have human and physical features of the landscape changed in Pendle since the 1600?
• What do you know about the Pendle Witch trials of 1612?
• Where is Burnley? 

KL: Describe local, physical and human features.

KL: Which local places are significant to Pendle witches?

KL: How has crime and punishment changed over time?

KL: Hot seating

KL: Fact file

 KL: The Demdike and Chattox Family Tree

KL: Pendle Times news article.

 Autumn 2

 Our theme is…Healthy Humans

Spring 1

 Rock n Roll

• Our theme is… Rock and Roll - The Stone Age- History 

   

  Our Key Question is:

  -What was life like, in the Stone Age period?

  We looked at the chronology of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age 

  

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Summer 1

Our theme is... Romans - History - Focus: Cause and effect

Vocabulary 

We first spent some time immersing ourselves in the vocabulary.

KL: Chronology and change

KL: When and where did the Roman Empire begin and where did it grow? 

When and where did the Roman Empire began and how did it grow?

We looked at where the empire began and how its spread over the Roman era as more countries were conquered.

KL: Cause and effect

KL: Why did the Romans invade Britain?

We studied the five reasons that the Romans decided to invade Britain. We collected lots of information that we will use to write a non- chronological report in exteneded write. 

KL: Comparison

KL: Compare Roman life to Stone Age.

KL: Interpretion

KL: Explore two accounts and form an opinion.

We looked at the two different views and stories of Boudicca. We looked at the Roman's view and the Celt's view.

We then created our very own 'wanted' poster for Boudicca. 

KL: Explore Roman art 

KL: Continuity and change

KL: How did the Romans change life in Britain?

What the Romans did for us?

  We looked at all of the things that the Romans left behind when they left in AD410.

KL: Did the Romans settle in the Lake District?

Explore Roman artefacts

We are very lucky that our school subscribes to the Lancashire Loans Service. We were able to borrow some Roman artefacts that we could dress up in and explore. The children first had to predict what they thought the artefact was and then we went through each one and used the description to see if our prediction was correct.