Chronological Understanding

EYFS

By the end of EYFS children will be able to:

• Understand growth, decay and changes over time.

Year 1

By the end of Year 1 children will be able to:

• Describe changes in living memory.
• Describe historical events significant to the local area.
• Use a range of words relating to time – before, after, old, older, oldest.

Year 2

By the end of Year 2 children will be able to:

• With support, place the time studied on a timeline.
• Use phrases related to the passing of time e.g. a very long time ago, began, first, next, then, after, at last, finally, year, decade, century.
• Describe significant events both nationally and globally beyond living memory.

Year 3

By the end of Year 3 children will be able to:

• Sequence several events of artefacts.
• Place the period studied on a timeline.
• Use key dates and terms related to the passing of time e.g. BC/AD.

Year 4

By the end of Year 4 children will be able to:

• Place events from the period studied on a timeline.
• Use key dates to describe events.
• Understand the terns ancient/modern and begin to sequence major historical periods.

Year 5

By the end of Year 5 children will be able to:

• Know and sequence key events of a time studied.
• Relate current studies to previous studies.
• Use relevant terms and begin to know and use key dates.

Year 6

By the end of Year 6 children will be able to:

• Place people into correct periods of time.
• Sequence up to ten events on a timeline.
• Identify changes over a period of time.
• Use relevant dates and terms.
• Know key dates, characters and events of the time studied.
• Show an understanding of the history of Britain in relations to the wider world.