History Year 1

Our Year 1 history curriculum provides a platform to enrich children’s awareness of the past and develop their historical consciousness. Our curriculum introduces Year 1 pupils to history and focuses on developing their early chronological understanding and historical vocabulary, thinking about what historians do, and begins planting the seeds for understanding important substantive concepts, such as monarchy and democracy.

Through the PKC, pupils are instilled with the knowledge and skills to be able to understand and think critically about the historical periods they study. Children will learn about changes and significant events both within, and beyond, living memory, (such as the coronation of Elizabeth II), and the lives of significant people in the past, (such as Mary Seacole). Within each unit, teachers are supported to make meaningful local connections.

The PKC history Year 1 curriculum covers:

• Discovering History
• Kings, Queens, and Leaders
• Parliament and Prime Ministers

We equip our partner schools with the necessary resources to effectively teach the PKC history Year 1 curriculum to their pupils. Resources include curriculum maps, lesson plans and detailed unit rationales.

Alongside the above resources, we provide every PKC history teacher with:

• History subject knowledge resources
• Knowledge organisers for each unit
• Assessment ideas including multiple-choice quizzes
• Access to CPD training and resources
• Key vocabulary and key people databases

To gain a better understanding of our history curriculum, we encourage all history subject leaders to attend our “Dive into History” CPD series. These sessions include six pre-recorded videos followed by a live session with our curriculum team. By attending this session you will be able to apply our history curriculum with confidence within your schools.