Humanities
Humanities is the umbrella title for the subjects history and
geography. Click on a button to find out about each of
these subjects.
Geography
We believe our children should
have the opportunity to learn about their own area, the wider world
and the people who live in these places.
Infant classes focus on our
immediate environment and start to make comparisons with the wider
world. The children learn through involved topic work projects and
activities vary between written and more fun based activities.
Junior classes study the
weather, map work, environmental changes, local area and comparisons
with the wider world, some year groups are lucky enough to study a
country where their learning becomes all encompassed in that country
and culture.
Things to do
Can you answer these questions?
Infants
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buy fruit?
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borrow a book?
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get medicine?
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feed the ducks?
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see the doctor?
History
Being a central London school
we are lucky we have so much history on our door step. It is possible
for us to take advantage of these primary resources by taking the
children to some of the best museums in the world.
Infant classes are taught
an awareness of the past, the children begin to make comparisons
between past and present and are introduced to different types of
historical sources, e.g.. artefacts, buildings, books, objects,
pictures, people.
Junior classes are taught about
ancient civilisations and the history of other parts of the world e.g.
Ancient Greece and Egypt. We encourage the children to develop a
sense of chronology and learn about changes in everyday life over long
periods of time, where topics lend we want the children to develop
research, enquiry and communication skills.
History in Gateway Primary School
What is History?
History is learning about the past. This helps us to understand
more about how things are in the present. What we learn can
help us to make decisions about the future.
What do we learn about?
In
the Infants we develop our skills and practice finding things out
about:
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toys in the past
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homes in the past
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famous people from the past
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famous events that happened in the past.
In the Juniors we use all of our skills to find out more about:
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The Ancient Egyptians
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The Ancient Greeks
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The Romans in Britain
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The Vikings in Britain
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The Tudors
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World War 2
Things to do
Time lines
A
time line is like a number line with dates on it. It shows you what
happened when in the past. It can be horizontal or vertical.
Draw a time line to show the events that have happened in your life so
far. E.g.
Useful Websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
