St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
Year Group
1
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Houses and
North and
Farmyard
Toys to
Mary
Dinosaurs
Homes
South Poles
Fun
Treasure
Seacole
and Fossils
Spectacular
The Great Fire of
Space
London/The Plague
Brazil and
2
the
Rainforest
3
4
Tudor
Kings and
Times
Queens
Robots
(Tim BernersLee)
5
World War
Two
Europe
Making
Rosa Parks
Seaside
Adventures
Egypt
The
Mountains Exploration Caribbean
Living in
Comparing
the
Times and
Countries
Mountains
Lines
The Romans
(India)
Saving the
Rainforest
(2015 only)
Changing
Ancient
Invaders and Settlers:
Africa
Greece
Vikings
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
6
Britain
Since 1950
Early
Islamic
Civilisation
Yellow highlight indicates maths links across the curriculum.
Blue highlight indicates English links across the curriculum.
Water
Climate
Change
1066
Maps
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
Year 1
Topic
Key Vocabulary
Resources/Ideas
Geography:
 Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the counties, continents and oceans studied
at this key stage
 Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and
right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map
A1
Geography: Houses and Homes
city, town, village, factory,
 Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human
farm, house, office, port,
features
 Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise
harbour, shop
map, plan, key, symbols
Hamilton Trust – Houses and Homes
(old curriculum)
compass directions
positional and directional language
landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a
simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key
A2
Geography: North and South Poles
season, weather, hot, cold,
 Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans
hotter, colder, North Pole,
 Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK and the
South Pole
Hamilton Trust – Weather Experts
data collection and interpretation
location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the
Equator and the North and South Poles
Sp1
Geography: Farmyard Fun
city, town, village, factory,
 Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human
farm, house, office, port,
features
 Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise
landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a
simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key
harbour, shop
map, plan, key, symbols
Hamilton Trust - Food And Farming (old
curriculum - please note that this topic
will be phased out in December 2015)
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
History: Toys to Treasure
modern, new, old, before,
 Learn about changes within living memory
after, when parents/carers
were young, when
Sp2
grandparents were young,
rusty, shiny, dirty, clean
ordinal numbers, e.g. first,
Hamilton Trust – Changes within Living
Memory – Block E: Toys and Books
Old QCA unit:
http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/his1.pdf
sorting and classifying toys
language relating to dates
sequence events in chronological order
last
Su1
History: Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole, Crimean
 Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who
War, soldier, nurse, battle,
have contributed to national and international achievements
wounds, Jamaica, Britain,
travel, prejudice
Su2
Geography: Dinosaurs and Fossils
beach, cliff, coast, forest,
 Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical
hill, mountain, sea, ocean,
features
river, soil, valley,
 Understand geographical similarities and differences through
studying the human and physical geography of a small area of
vegetation, season,
weather
Hamilton Trust – Famous for more than
Five Minutes – Block F: Medical
language relating to dates
sequence events in chronological order
Hamilton Trust – Carnival of the
Animals – Block I: Fossils
sorting and classifying
reasoning about similarities and
differences
the UK (where fossils could be found)
Year 2
Topic
Vocabulary
Resources/Ideas
Geography:
 Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the counties, continents and oceans studied
at this key stage
Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and
right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
A1
Geography: Brazil and the Rainforest
beach, cliff, coast, forest,
 Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical
hill, mountain, sea, ocean,
features
 Understand geographical similarities and differences through
studying the human and physical geography of a small area of
river, soil, valley,
vegetation, season,
Hamilton Trust (LKS2) – Rainforests –
Blocks A-D (E and F studied in Y5)
reasoning about similarities and
differences
weather
the UK, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European
country
A2
History: Spectacular Space
space, exploration, moon,
 Learn about events beyond living memory that are significant
landing, Neil Armstrong,
nationally or globally – space exploration/the moon
 Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who
space travel, solar system,
gravity, discovery
have contributed to national and international achievements –
Hamilton Trust – Changes within Living
Memory – Block A: Transport
Hamilton Trust (LKS2) – Space (Old
Curriculum)
sequence events in chronological order
language relating to dates
Neil Armstrong
Sp1
History: The Great Fire of London and The Plague
London, River Thames,
 Learn about events beyond living memory that are significant
Tower of London, Samuel
nationally or globally – The Great Fire of London and The Plague Pepys, The Monument,
 Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who
have contributed to national and international achievements –
Lane, diary, leather jacket,
Samuel Pepys
fireman, burning
 Learn about significant historical events, people and places in
Sp2
King Charles II, Pudding
their own locality - London
plague, Black Death, plague
doctor, infection, spread,
control, disease, Mayor,
protect
Hamilton Trust – The Great Fire of
London
sequence events in chronological order
language relating to dates
Hamilton Trust – The Great Fire of
London – Block F: Diaries
sequence events in chronological order
language relating to dates
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
Su1
Su2
History: Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, African-
 Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who
American, segregation,
have contributed to national and international achievements –
activist, racism, refuse, civil
Rosa Parks
rights, equality
Geography: Seaside Adventures
city, town, village, factory,
 Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries
farm, house, office, port,
and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding
harbour, shop
seas
beach, cliff, coast, forest,
 Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human and
physical features
hill, mountain, sea, ocean,
river, soil, valley,
vegetation, season,
weather
Hamilton Trust – Famous for more than
Five Minutes – Block E: Activists
sequence events in chronological order
language relating to dates
Hamilton Trust – Oceans and Seas –
Block A: Oceans and Seas of the World
Hamilton Trust (LKS2) – Mountains,
Rivers and Coasts – Block H: Oh I do like
to be beside the seaside
reasoning about similarities and
differences
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
Year 3
Topic
Vocabulary
Resources/Ideas
Geography:
 Use world maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
 Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including OS maps) to build knowledge of the UK and
the wider world
 Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including
sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies
A1
History: Tudor Times
Tudors, Henry VIII, wives,
 Learn about an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’
Mary Queen of Scots,
chronological knowledge beyond 1066 – the changing power of
Elizabeth I
monarchs using case studies (Henry VIII)
Hamilton Trust – Talking Of
Tudors (old curriculum - please
note that this topic will be phased
out in December 2015)
sequence events in chronological
order
language relating to dates
Roman numerals
A2
History: Kings and Queens
King, Queen, Victoria,
 Learn about an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’
Edward VII, George V,
chronological knowledge beyond 1066 – the changing power of
monarchs using case studies (after Henry VIII/Victoria as Q/Victoria- Elizabeth II, monarch,
Elizabeth II/current monarchy)
Sp1
Edward VIII, George VI,
monarchy,
Hamilton Trust (KS1) – Famous
for more than Five Minutes –
Block A: Monarchs
sequence events in chronological
order
language relating to dates
Commonwealth
Roman numerals
Geography: Europe
Earth, world, continent,
time – flight times and time zones
 Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe
country, capital, city,
(including the location of Russia) and North and South America,
Europe, European, rivers,
concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and
mountains, volcanoes,
human characteristics, countries and major cities
climate, population,
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
languages
Sp2
Geography: Making Mountains
earth, land, mountain,
 Name and locate counties and cities of the UK, geographical regions
valley, tectonic plates,
and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key
formation, formed, rocks
topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and river),
Mountains – what are they?
Hamilton Trust (UKS2) – Earth
compare heights of mountains in
have changed over time
m
History: Egypt Exploration
Egypt, Egyptian, pyramid,
 Learn about the achievements of the earliest civilizations – and
pharaoh, tomb, sphinx,
overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and a
scarab beetle, Canopic jars,
depth study of Ancient Egypt
mummification, desert,
Nile
Su2
Rivers and Coasts – Block D:
Matters – Block C: Mountains
and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects
Su1
Hamilton Trust – Mountains,
Geography: The Caribbean
Earth, world, continent,
 Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe
country, capital, city,
(including the location of Russia) and North and South America,
Caribbean, biodiversity,
concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and
climate, population,
human characteristics, countries and major cities
languages
Hamilton Trust (UKS2) – Earliest
Civilisations: Ancient Egyptians
sequence events in chronological
order
timelines – BC and AD
negative numbers - compare
temperatures place value –
compare populations
weigh and measure to make
Caribbean food – g/kg, ml/l
 Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography,
including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers,
mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes
Year 4
Topic
Vocabulary
Resources/Ideas
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
Geography:
 Use world maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
 Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including OS maps) to build knowledge of the UK and
the wider world
 Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including
sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies
History: Robots (Tim Berners-Lee)
World Wide Web, Tim
 Learn about an aspect or theme in British history that extends
Berners-Lee, web page, web
pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 – a significant turning browser, hyperlink,
A1
point in British history – the invention of the WWW. Pupils should
communication, HTML,
learn about Tim Berners-Lee as a significant British historical figure
content, network
(still alive)
Hamilton Trust (KS1) – Famous
for more than Five Minutes –
Block I: Communicators
Hamilton Trust – Rise of the
Robots (Old Curriculum)
sequence events in chronological
order
calculation – robot function
machines
A2
Geography: Comparing Countries
UK, Europe, North America,
 Understand geographical similarities and differences through the
South America, continent,
study of human and physical geography of a region of the UK, a
country, capital, city,
region in a European country, and a region within North or South
similar, different, compare
America
Sp1
Geography: Living in the Mountains (India)
continent, country, India,
 Name and locate counties and cities of the UK, geographical regions
hill, mountain, peak,
and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key
topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and river),
and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects
have changed over time
Himalayas
Hamilton Trust (UKS2) –
Comparing People and Places
reasoning about similarities and
differences
co-ordinates - maps
Hamilton Trust – Mountains,
Rivers and Coasts – Block E: Living
in the Mountains
reasoning about similarities and
differences
compare heights of mountains in
m
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
Sp2
Geography: Times and Lines
latitude, longitude, Equator,
 Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude,
Northern Hemisphere,
sequence events in chronological
order
timelines – BC and AD
Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics
Southern Hemisphere,
of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of
Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and
Capricorn, Arctic, Antarctic, Tropics
night)
time zones
time zones
parallel lines – Equator and
shape – hemispheres
positional numbers - compass
points
Su1
History: The Romans
Roman Empire, Julius
 Learn about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. This could
Caesar, invasion, power,
include:
o Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55-54 BC
o the Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of its army
army, conquest, Hadrian’s
Wall, resistance, impact,
culture, beliefs
Hamilton Trust – The Romans in
Britain
sequence events in chronological
order
timelines – BC and AD
Roman numerals
o successful invasion by Claudius and conquest, including
Hadrian’s Wall
Su2
o British resistance, for example, Boudicca
o ‘Romanisation’ of Britain: sites such as Caerwent and the impact
of technology, culture and beliefs, including early Christianity
 Learn about Roman withdrawal from Britain in c. AD 410 and the
fall of the western Roman Empire
Year 5
Topic
Vocabulary
Resources/Ideas
Geography:
 Use world maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
 Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including OS maps) to build knowledge of the UK and
the wider world
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
 Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including
sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies
A1
History: World War Two
World War Two, outbreak,
 Learn about an aspect or theme in British history that extends
Battle of Britain, the Blitz, D-
pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 – WWII
Day landings, Hitler,
concentration camps, Anne
Frank
Geography: Saving the Rainforest (2015 only)
rainforest, endangered,
Describe and understand key aspects of:
extinct, destruction,
 physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation threatened, damage, action,
A2
belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water
fair trade, ecosystem,
cycle
habitat
 human geography, including: types of settlement and land use,
Hamilton Trust - World War 2:
WW2 in Europe and the Battle of
Britain
sequence events in chronological
order
Hamilton Trust (LKS2) –
Rainforests – Block E: The
Rainforest Under Threat
Hamilton Trust (LKS2) –
Rainforests – Block F: Saving the
Rainforest
reasoning about similarities and
differences
economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of
compare heights of levels of the
natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
rainforest in m
statistics/tables/graphs - % of
creatures
Sp1
History and Geography: Changing Africa
Africa, continent, countries,
 Describe and understand key aspects of human geography,
health, water, food, fair
including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity
including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources
including energy, food, minerals and water
trade, Nelson Mandela
Hamilton Trust – Africa (Old
Curriculum)
reasoning about similarities and
differences
statistics/tables/graphs - % of
trade/wild animals in savannah,
etc.
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
History: Ancient Greece
Greece, Greek Empire,
 Learn about Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements Pythagoras, Plato,
Sp2
and their influence on the western world
Hippocrates, Homer,
Alexander the Great,
Olympics, mathematics,
Su1
sequence events in chronological
order
timelines – BC and AD
history of mathematics and
mathematicians
alphabet
algebra and geometry
History: Invaders and Settlers: Vikings
Viking, freeman, archer,
Hamilton Trust (LKS2) – Invaders
 Learn about the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom
slave, long boat, axe, sword,
of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. This could include:
o Viking raids and invasion
Su2
Hamilton Trust – Ancient Greece
o resistance by Alfred the Great and Athelstan, first king of
England
o further Viking invasions and Danegeld
o Anglo-Saxon laws and justice
shield, thatched house,
Danelaw, raid, invasion,
king, Anglo-Saxon
and Settlers: Vikings
sequence events in chronological
order
timelines – BC and AD
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
Year 6
A1
Topic
Vocabulary
Resources/Ideas
History: Britain Since 1950
Coronation, Mount Everest,
Hamilton Trust - Modern Britain (Old
 Learn about an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’
television, motorway, hula
Curriculum - Please note that this Topic
chronological knowledge beyond 1066 – cultural changes in Britain since 1950
hoops, fish fingers, Elvis
will be phased out in December 2015)
and the reasons for these
Presley, video tapes, credit
sequence events in chronological order
cards
timelines
reasoning about similarities and
differences
A2
History: Early Islamic Civilisation
Islamic Empire, Baghdad,
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/ks2-
 Learn about a non-European society that provides contrasts with British
House of Wisdom, Caliph,
subjects/ks2-history/ks2-history-early-
history – a study of early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD
mosque, water mill, pottery,
islamic-civilization
900
camel, soldier
sequence events in chronological order
timelines – BC and AD
Sp1
Geography: Water
water cycle, evaporation,
Hamilton Trust – Earth Matters – Block
Describe and understand key aspects of:
condensation, precipitation,
A: The Water Cycle and Coasts
 physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts,
transpiration, solid, liquid,
Hamilton Trust – Earth Matters – Block
gas, runoff, water shortage,
B: The Water Cycle and Rivers
mountain, lake, river, sea,
compare lengths of rivers in m/km
stream
measuring rainfall – ml/l
rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle
 human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic
activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources
including energy, food, minerals and water
collect/present/interpret data – tables &
graphs
positive & negative nos - temperatures
Sp2
Geography: Climate Change
environment, global
Hamilton Trust – Keen to be Green (Old
 Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate
warming, climate change,
Curriculum)
zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and
biodegradable, recycle,
Hamilton Trust – Earth Matters – Block F:
earthquakes, and the water cycle
compost, waste
Climate Zones and Biomes
 Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of
reasoning about similarities and
human and physical geography of a region of the UK, a region in a European
differences
country, and a region within North or South America
positive & negative nos – temperatures
sorting and classifying – effects of climate
St. George’s Primary School – Humanities Curriculum Overview
change
pie charts and % - causes of climate
change
Su1
History: 1066
1066, Battle of Hastings,
Hamilton Trust - Settlements (Old
 Learn about a significant British area of study: Edward the Confessor and his
Edward the Confessor, King
Curriculum - Please note that this Topic
Harold, Bayeux tapestry,
will be phased out in December 2015):
William the Conqueror
Norman Conquerors
death in 1066
sequence events in chronological order
timelines – BC and AD
Geography: Maps
atlas, index, compass, key,
www.topicbox.net/geography/maps
 Use world maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate
Ordnance Survey, grid
eight points of a compass
reference, co-ordinates, scale,
co-ordinates in all quadrants - four and
easting, northing
six-figure grid references
countries and describe features studied
Su2
 Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols
and key (including OS maps) to build knowledge of the UK and the wider world
 Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical
features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans
and graphs, and digital technologies
scale factor – increase or decrease an
aerial plan by a given factor/work out
scale factor by comparing two plans