Autumn

Topic - The Story of London

Key Skills/Knowledge

All children should be able to:  

• Talk about some of the key events of the Great Fire of London. 
 

• Say why the Great Fire of London spread and eventually stopped. 
 

• Explain that we know about the Great Fire because of Samuel Pepys' diary. 
 

Most children will be able to: â€¨ 

• Explain how we know about the Great Fire of London from a variety of primary sources. 
 

• Show awareness of how London has changed, including its buildings, people and transport. 
 

• Write a report about the Great Fire of London.  


Some children will be able to: 
 

• Explain their reasons why some sources are more useful than others in their historical enquiry. 
 

• Start questioning the reliability of some historical evidence. 
 

• Imagine and write about the experiences of people in different historical periods based on factual evidence. 
 

Key Vocabulary

• year, century
• Britain, London
• capital city
• past, present, old, modern, change
• River Thames 
• Range of 17th century jobs: chimney sweep, blacksmith, apothecary, rat- catcher, gong farmer, spinster, chandler, scullery maid, carpenter, fire fighter 
• order
• event
• timeline 
• source
• evidence
• diary
• eyewitness
• Samuel Pepys
• wind, fire, burning, houses, close together
• King Charles II
• architect
• Lord Mayor
• Sir Christopher Wren
• St Pauls Cathedral
• Monument. 

Topic - Everyday Materials

Key Skills/Knowledge

Key Vocabulary

• Types of materials: wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, rock, brick, fabric, sand, paper, flour, butter, milk, soil 
• Properties of materials:  hard/soft, stretchy/not stretchy, shiny/dull, rough/smooth, bendy/not bendy, transparent/not transparent, sticky/not sticky 
• Verbs associated with materials: crumble, squash, bend, stretch, twist 
• Senses: touch, see, hear, smell and taste