Overview

Our humanities curriculum combines history and geography to help pupils understand the world and their place within it.

We aim to develop curiosity about the past and present, teaching children to ask questions, think critically and make connections between people, places and events.

Through engaging topics and fieldwork experiences pupils learn about significant historical periods and figures, as well as physical and human geography, building a strong foundation for lifelong learning.

Year 1

History

  • Nurses from the past

  • Changes in living memory

Geography

  • Cold places

  • Seasonal and daily weather

Year 2

History

  • Sheffield cutlery grinders

  • The Great Fire of London

Geography

  • Hot places

  • Towns and cities

Year 3

History

  • Ancient Egypt

  • The Stone Age to the Iron Age

Geography

  • Land use and settlement

  • Rivers and water

Year 4

History

  • Ancient Greece

  • The Roman Empire

Geography

  • Distribution of natural resources

  • Climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts

Year 5

History

  • Mayan civilisation AD900

  • Anglo Saxons and Scots

Geography

  • Energy and sustainability

  • Earthquakes and volcanoes

Year 6

History

  • Sheffield women of steel

  • The Viking Anglo Saxon struggle

Geography

  • Globalisation and crime and punishment

  • Mountains