Gidea ParkKnowledge Organisers
To support our teaching of history and geography topics, we have developed knowledge organisers for children to use as a learning aid. They contain key vocabulary, big questions, sticky knowledge, recommended reading, timelines, important people, interesting facts and more; they will be used regularly in class and, we hope, by parents at home to support children's learning.
Reception
Autumn 1: What do I know about me?
Autumn 2: Are all homes the same?
Spring 1: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are?
Spring 2: Who are the famous characters in our books?
Summer 1: Are all mini-beasts scary?
Summer 2: Who can I ask for help?
Year 1
Autumn 1: Why do we play with different toys?
Autumn 2: Where do the leaves go?
Spring 1: Why can't a meerkat live in the North Pole?
Spring 2: Whose footprints are these?
Summer 1: What was life like in Victorian times?
Year 2
Autumn 1: What are explorers and why are they important?
Autumn 2: What happened in Pudding Lane?
Spring 1: Where would you like to live, England or Africa?
Spring 2: Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II: how did children's lives change?
Summer 1: Why are some places hot and some places cold?
Summer 2: Why do we love to be beside the seaside?
Year 3
Autumn 1: Who first lived in Britain?
Autumn 2-Spring 1: Has Greece always been in the news?
Spring 2: Why should the rainforest be important to us all?
Summer 1: Where in the world are we?
Summer 2: Why do so many people choose to go on holiday to the Med?
Year 4
Autumn 1: What are the important features of a capital city?
Autumn 2-Spring 1: Who were the Romans, why were they so powerful, and what do we learn from them?
Spring 2: Were the Anglo Saxons really smashing?
Summer 1: Who were the Victorians?
Summer 2: Where would you choose to build a city?
Year 5
Autumn 1: What's so special about Brazil?
Autumn 2-Spring 1: How can we re-discover the wonders of Ancient Egypt?
Spring 1-2: What were the historical implications of Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church?
Summer 1-Summer 2: What makes the Earth angry?
Year 6
Autumn 1: How did the Battle of Britain change WWII?
Autumn 2: Will you ever see the water that you drink again?
Spring 1: Were the Vikings always victorious and vicious?
Spring 2: Who were the Maya and what have we learned from them?