Studying Romans in state school primary

[BeccaBean]

Can anyone tell me which year your child learnt about the Romans? Thanks!

History is not just about dates. It’s about looking at evidence. Drawing conclusions. Being inquisitive. Research. Applying knowledge to the present. It therefore matters what the Dc can understand and do. I tend to favour not jumping about too much but we need to think of history as accumulating and developing skills. Not chronological facts.

Yes because as a teacher of 10 years in a tiny school, I'd never have thought of that 🤦🏻‍♀️ Thanks to the subsequent poster who has explained in detail what I already thought I'd made clear, but obviously not. You cannot split yourself in 2 (or 3 or 4 depending how many years you teach) just because you have a mixed year group. To some extent, everyone needs to learn the same. It is impossible to teach Stone Age to one year group within a class and Egyptians to another.

Exactly this.

It's also really important that children enjoy history and some areas of study suit certain ages better than others. Some areas can also be revisited at a greater depth when pupils have developed their understanding. Some topics require a better understanding of geography before they can be taught.,

Time lines are important especially when learning about the history of other geographical areas. Many are concurrent. But children find conceptually understanding large amounts of time challenging.

We don't just learn about British history.

As stated before the earlier periods are sometimes more abstract for younger children. They need concrete things they can imagine and relate to when developing a concept of the past.

My 5 year old is still working on concepts of time within a week and even a day. He's only just grasped the correct application of today and yesterday etc. and he's otherwise bloody bright in reading and maths.

This is the blank's questioning level list. It's how children's verbal reasoning develops. It is within the realms of normal for a child of 6/ 7 to sometimes still be working on level 4.

www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Blank-questioning-information.pdf