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02/04/25

🐰 The Easter bunny hopped by to see everyone 🐇 pic.twitter.com/Arzs0vhlFf

02/04/25

🐰 🐇 The children had a special visitor today 🐰 🐇 pic.twitter.com/XoTY9HwwHN

02/04/25

🐣 🐰 More Easter bonnets 🥚 🪺 pic.twitter.com/i1cA1QrOok

02/04/25

🐥 🥚 The children loved showing off their Easter bonnets in our Easter parade today 🐰 🐣 pic.twitter.com/N5kvSoKdL9

02/04/25

We are on a roll with blue tokens in Tesco stores for our Community Hub! Don’t forget to ask for your tokens to support us! pic.twitter.com/MGN1T8YP7q

31/03/25

Great start to a “Lovely Day” at HPAPW…we love a bit of music to feed the soul! 🎶🌞 pic.twitter.com/aoe5qE6rGT

28/03/25

Year 3 Warblers doing a brilliant job with their 9 times tables this morning. Excellent work! ✖️9️⃣🤩 pic.twitter.com/ry0AZSZXlf

27/03/25

It was amazing to see so many of our families come together for our first Iftar to break fast as a community. Some delicious dishes were shared and opportunities for prayer. So honoured and humbled to be able to celebrate our amazing community! Looking forward to next year! 🕌☪️ pic.twitter.com/Ol6iVO0ZWr

19/03/25

This week is British Sign language week, we have been very excited to learn our letters and seasons in BSL in our online lesson! pic.twitter.com/AphD34vr0v

19/03/25

💕🌸 Don’t forget to wear PINK on Friday to support Cancer Research 💕🌸 pic.twitter.com/yDYDCD805y

11/03/25

PW turned into Scientists for the afternoon- predicting and investigating! Great fun! 🧪 🧑‍🔬 pic.twitter.com/64G1DimYaC

10/03/25

🪚🗜️ Year 5 have been cutting their wood to begin making their birdhouses 🐦‍⬛🪚 pic.twitter.com/phIJ13BuSc

06/03/25

A few of the staff getting into the spirit of the day. 🎉🤗 pic.twitter.com/yjFbuv9zHc

06/03/25

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06/03/25

…and take on the role of some of our favourite characters. pic.twitter.com/wbxBCh4N8O

06/03/25

Great to celebrate our favourite books 📚 pic.twitter.com/IS0I5aKgmt

06/03/25

Another amazing World Book Day at HPAPW! pic.twitter.com/1HIwaBe2fP

05/03/25

Our Year 5 children had a heartwarming visit, sharing stories and conversations with the wonderful residents at Haling Park Care Home! 📚 💙 Bringing generations together through the magic of books in preparation for . pic.twitter.com/ByscBuTo13

04/03/25

Dove Class had a great time learning to grate apples in DT! A fantastic skill they’re sure to use in the future. 😊 pic.twitter.com/7xtiTkNrkk

04/03/25

🐣🐰Join us for our Easter Fun day 🐰🐣 pic.twitter.com/TBmFMBetaG

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History

At Harris Primary Academy Purley Way (HPAPW) we believe a high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.

HF Curriculum Lead - Sam French

Curriculum

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

EYFS

Birth to 3

Make connections between the features of their family and other families

Nursery

Begin to make sense of their own life-story

Begin to make sense of their family history

Retell their life and family story

Reception

Talk about key past and present events in their own lives

Talk about past and present events in others’ lives

Make simple comparisons between old and new

End of Learning Goals (ELGs)

  • Comment on images of familiar situations in the past.
  • Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.
  • Talk about the lives of people around them and their roles in society.
  • Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
  • Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling.

Year 1

Link to National Curriculum

Changes within living memory

 

A significant person who lived in my locality

HPAPW

How have my toys changed over time?

 

Am I making history?

What makes a person in history significant?

Year 2

Link to National Curriculum

The life of a significant individual from the past

Significant historical event

 

A significant historical event

 

A significant historical person – compare and contrast

 

HPAPW

How should we remember Henry VIII?

 

Why do we still remember the 5th of November?

How did the Great Fire change London?

 

Who is the most significant explorer?

 

Year 3

NC Link

Stone Age

 

Bronze Age

 

Iron Age

 

Changes over time

Achievements of the Earliest Civilisations

 

HPAPW

Where do the first humans come from?

 

How did bronze change Britain?

 

Did life improve in the iron age?

 

Depth Study: Did Britain really change that much in one million years?

What did the Ancient Egyptians believe in?

 

Life in Ancient Egypt: What has King Tut taught us?

 

Year 4

NC Link

Ancient Greece

 

 

The Roman Empire

 

Study of Non-European Society – Benin 900-1300AD

 

HPAPW

How do we know about Ancient Greece?

 

 

Can we thank the Ancient Greeks for anything in our lives today?

What was life like in Ancient Rome?

 

How did the Romans influence the life in Britain?

 

How can we learn about the Kingdom of Benin?

 

Why was Benin so attractive to foreigners?

Year 5

NC Link

Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

 

 

The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle to Edward I

 

HPAPW

What happened to Britain when the Romans left?

 

How was Anglo Saxon Britain ruled?

 

What can we learn from life in Anglo-Saxon England??

 

The battle of 1066 and what happened next…

 

Did the Vikings leave an impact on Britain?

 

Did the Vikings deserve their reputation?

 

Year 6

NC

A local history study

 

A study that extends knowledge beyond 1066

 

A study that extends knowledge beyond 1066

 

HPAPW

Was life that hard for all Victorian children?

 

What have the Victorians done for us?

 

How did life change during WW2?

 

How did WW2 change Britain?

 

Democracy over time

 

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