ANGLO-SAXON DISCOVERY
Journey through Anglo-Saxon life and death

National Curriculum Links at Key Stage 2

• Chronological understanding
• Knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past
• Historical interpretation
• Historical enquiry
• Organisation and communication

• Anglo-Saxons in Britain
• Local history study

• Unit 6a Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? An Anglo-Saxon case study

• Knowledge and understanding of place

• Themes: how settlements differ and change, including why they differ in size and character

• Unit 6 Investigating our local area

• En1 Speaking and listening
• En2 Reading
• En3 Writing

• Exploring and developing ideas e.g. recording from first hand observation
• Knowledge and understanding e.g. learning about the roles and purposes of artist, craftspeople and designers working in different times and cultures

• Exploring a range of starting points for practical work
• Investigating art, craft and design in the locality and in a variety of genres, styles and traditions e.g. during visits to museums, galleries and sites

• Visiting a museum gallery or site
• Unit 5B Containers (exploring the craft tradition of making vessels and containers)
• Unit 6B What a performance (investigating costume and headwear worn in different times and cultures)

• Knowledge and understanding of materials and components e.g how the working characteristics of materials affect the ways they are used

Science

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