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1 KS2 History: Post-1066 period The impact of the railways on Victorian Britain & the Industrial Revolution Contrast with changes in rural life brought about by the coming of the train to Bideford in 1845 KS2 Geography: The United Kingdom Location Knowledge: Counties & Cities of the UK, key topographical features, land use patterns and how these have changed over time The Roar of the Train Year A, Autumn Term Steam Railways: Minehead or Buckfastleigh Coldharbour Mill, Uffculme KS1 History: Significant Event The Rainhill Trials and Stevenson's Rocket KS1 Geography: The United Kingdom Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom

2 KS2 History: Ancient Greece Life and culture in Ancience Greece Beliefs and customs KS2 Geography: Europe Location Knowledge: Using maps to focus on Europe, concentrating on environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities Science And Stories Year A, Spring Term Steve Manning, Storyteller KS1 History: Significant Event The Battle of Marathon The Wooden Horse of Troy KS1 Geography: The United Kingdom Contrast a small area of the UK with a small area of another country

3 KS2 Geography: The United Kingdom Describe key aspects of physical geography Describe key aspects of human geography, including types of settlement & land use KS2 Geography: Field Visits Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area uing a range of methods From Source to Sea Year A, Summer Term River visit, e.g. Torrington Commons (KS2) Trace a part of a river system, e.g. Bucks Woods to Bucks Mills (KS1) KS1 Geography: Fieldwork Use aerial photos and maps in learning Use directional language KS1 Geography: Physical Geography Refer to key phsical vocabulary: beach, cliff, coast, forest, sea, river, valley

4 KS2 History: Local History Understanding the effects evacuation had on the rural population, and the reasons why it happened Changes in rural life in post-war Britain, e.g. housing development in Woolsery, impact of the car on jobs and physical geography KS2 Geography: Europe, UK Location Knowledge: Using maps to focus on Europe, concentrating on environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities Location knowedge: Location of principle UK cities which experienced evacuation Development of the UK road network from 1950 and resulting economic and cultural changes Doodlebugs And Beatles Year B, Autumn Term KS1 History: Changes Within Living Memory Steve Manning, Storyteller RAMM Second World War: Home Front (outreach) The Woolsery evacuees and impact on the School Changes in Woolsery in the last 40 years contrasted with the same in Clovelly KS1 History: Comparison of Significant People Comparison of the 1966 World Cup Captain Bobby Moore with Steven Gerrard KS1 Geography: The United Kingdom Name the four countries of th UK and their capital cities

5 s KS2 History: Settlement by the Anglo-Saxons Understand where the Angles, Saxons and Scots came from and what happened to the indiginous people of the British Isles What was life like for the Anglo-Saxons and what were their beliefs? KS2 History: The Struggle for England The impact of the Viking invasion on partitioning England, the dominance of Wessex under Alfred the Great Understand where the Vikings came from and traces of their presence in NW Devon Understand the stories and ways of life associated with Alfred, Canute and other prominent people Burnt Cakes And Longships Year B, Spring Term Escot Park saxon village, Exeter Visits to Lundy (KS2), Bloody Corner, Northam (KS1) KS1 History: Significant Events King Alfred defeats the Vikings at the Battle of Edington, Somerset in AD 878 KS1 Geography: The United Kingdom Name the four countries of the UK and their capital cities (compared with the constituent kingdoms of England in c. AD 800)

6 KS2 Geography: Depth Study: UK Region Describe and Understand key aspects of land use, economic activity, distribution of natural resources. Understand geographical similarities and differences through study fo human and physical geography of a region of the UK KS2 Geography: Field Visits Wonderful Westcountry Year B, Summer Term Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area uing a range of methods Bristol comparative field study (KS2) Trace a part of a river system, e.g. Bucks Woods to Bucks Mills (KS1) KS1 Geography: Weather and Climate Understand weather patterns in an area of the UK (and relate to tourism & agriculture) KS1 Geography: Physical Geography Refer to key phsical vocabulary: beach, cliff, coast, forest, sea, river, valley etc.

7 KS2 History: Early civilizations Knowledge of the location & main achievements of the earliest civilizations Study of the earliest civilizationsin depth study of Egypt KS2 History: Non-European society Study of the Mayan society and contrast with Egyptians KS2 Geography: Location Knowledge Sands Of Time Year C, Autumn Term Place the earliest civilizations in global context and study the geography of N/S America in more detail in the context of the Maya RAMM, Exeter (Egyptians outreach or visit) Mexican food KS1 History: Significant Events Tutankhamun - his life and the discover of his tomb in 1922 Chactún - discovery of the Mayan city in central Mexico in 2013 KS1 Geography: Location & Place Knowledge Locate the 7 continents & 5 oceans Contrast an area of the UK with a non-european location (Mexico)

8 KS2 Geography: Human and Physical Describe and understand key aspects of economic activity, including trade links through an understanding of the development of the EU post 1945 KS2 History: Place Knowledge Understand geographical similarities and differences through a study of human and physical geography of a region of the UK, a region in a European country East Meets West Year C, Spring Term KS1 History: Significant Events Link with a German school using Skype and to exchange questions on our localities Chinese & Indian food The building of the Taj Mahal as an act of love and grief by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan AD 1632 The entombment of the first Chinese emperor with his Terracotta Army 210 BC KS1 Geography: Place Knowledge Locate the 7 continents & 5 oceans Contrast an area of the UK with a non-european location (India, China)

9 KS2 History: Britain: Stone Age to Iron Age Iron Age hillforts: tribal kingdoms, farming, art and culture KS2 Geography: Fieldwork Location Knowledge: Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical featrues in the local area Stones, Bones and Bumps in the Ground Year C, Summer Term KS2: Visits to Dartmoor, Clovelly Dykes KS1: Visit to Hartland Quay, Clovelly Dykes KS1 History: Significant Event Pomeii destroyed by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius KS1 Geography: Physical Geography Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features

10 KS2 Geography: Location knowledge Locate the worlds countries concentrating on environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countris and major cities Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, N & S Hempispheres, the tropics, Greewich Meridian and time zones The Great Plant Hunters Year D, Autumn Term Eden Project Lost Gardens of Heligan (Jungle) KS1 History: Comparison of people from the past Tim Smit (Eden Project) and Sir Joseph Paxton (Crystal Palace) KS1 Geography: Physical Geography Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the equator and the North and South Pole

11 KS2 History: The Roman Empire The successful invasion of Britain by Claudius The impact of the Roman Empire on Britain: roads, villas, culture, language KS2 Geography: Location Knowledge Use maps to focus on Europe concentrating on environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics The March of the Eagle Year D, Spring Term Exeter - RAMM and tour of Roman Isca Roman foods, music and stories KS1 History: Comparison of people from the past Comparison of Celts and Romans (Boudicca and Paullinus) KS1 Geography: Location Knowledge Four countries of the UK and capitals of the UK (compared with Roman Britain's administrative areas)

12 KS2 History: Local History Understanding of the development of the local area to respond to its natural resources (tourism, hiking, surfing) KS2 Geography: Field Work Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technology Forest, Field Coast and Sea Year D, Summer Term Local study and field visits Interviews and questions of local population KS1 History: Changes within living memory Changes to the local area: plantation of the Forestry Commission plantations - reasons and impact Changes to location due to tourism and leisure KS1 Geography: Field Work Use simple directional language to describe the location of features and routes on a map

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