Long-term planning

Key stage 1

This section aims to answer the questions that history coordinators and history teachers most frequently ask about long-term planning at key stage 1. Use the contents list below to link to the area(s) that interest you, or read through the whole section so as to compare with the practice in your school.

Contents

1. What is the purpose of a key stage plan?
2. What do I include in a key stage plan for history?
3. How much curriculum time should be devoted to history at key stage 1?
4. How should planning for progression take place within the key stage plan?
5. What content do we teach?
6. Should we teach the units from the DfES/QCA scheme of work?
7. Is there any recommended way to sequence the national curriculum areas of study across the key stage?
8. We have mixed-age classes. How should this influence our key stage planning?
9. Should history be taught separately, or linked to other subjects?
10. What is the best way to timetable history?
11. How do the early learning goals in the Foundation Stage link to the key stage 1 curriculum?