National Curriculum Programmes of study
KS2

History

Historical interpretation

Pupils will be able to recognise that the past is represented and interpreted in different ways. They will do this by looking at the cholera adverts, images from books, newspapers. (3)

Pupils will be expected to find out about the events, people and changes from an appropriate range of sources of information including the newspapers about The Match girls' Strike. (4a)

Organisations and communication

Provides opportunities to study historical vocabulary and for pupils to communicate their knowledge in a variety of ways such as through debate, letters, diaries interactive online activities. (5b,c)

Breadth of study

Provides opportunities to study the impact of events, changes in work on lives of men, women and children during the Victorian era. The students will look at trade unionism within the match girls' strike, cholera epidemic and the need for housing reform. (11a)

Information and communication technology

Finding things out

Pupils will talk about what information they need to know. They will explore how they can find it, use it and interpret it through activities such as "What does it tell you?" "Look at cholera" and "How are you feeling?"(1a, 1c)

Exchanging and sharing information

Provides opportunities to share and exchange information in a variety of forms, including e-mail. Encourages pupils to think carefully about content and quality when communicating information. All online activities require the students to think carefully about the information they are retrieving. (3a,b)

Breadth of study

Pupils will work with a range of information to consider its characteristics and purposes. Such as sound, animated images and text. (5 a, b)

Citizenship

Developing confidence and responsibility and making the most of their abilities

Pupils will be encouraged to write about their views on issues that affect society. Such as strike action in a factory, poor pay and conditions, homelessness in "How are you feeling?". (1a)

Preparing to play an active role as citizens

Pupils will research, discuss and debate topical issues, problems and events. (2a) Such as strike action in a factory, poor pay and conditions and homelessness in "How are you feeling?"

Pupils will investigate why and how rules are made and enforced, why different rules are needed in different situations and how to take part in making and changing rules. Pupils will do this through debate within the activity about the match girls' strike. (2b)

Pupils will learn that there are different kinds of responsibilities, rights and duties in the community through discussion and activities about cholera and child labour. (2d)

English

Speaking and listening

Speaking - pupils will gain and maintain the interest and response of different audiences and choose material that is relevant to the topic and to the listeners. (1b,c)

Listening - pupils will recall and re-present information, respond to others appropriately, taking into account what they say through listening to children in the online activity. (2c, e)

Group discussion and interaction - during circle time and debating sessions pupils will make contributions relevant to the topic and take turns in discussion. They will respond politely, opposing points of view and take up and sustain different roles, including chair, scribe and spokesperson in most activities especially the Match girl's strike. (3a,d,e)

Drama

The project will provide opportunities to create, adapt and sustain different roles, use character and action to convey a story and use dramatic techniques such as hot seating to explore characters and issues.

Breadth of study

Pupils will present to different audiences. This project provides a range of purposes for speaking and listening. Pupils will be investigating selecting, planning, explaining, improvising and responding to performances. (10a, BC, 11a,c)

Reading

Reading for information

Pupils will identify different ways of constructing sentences and their effects through looking at the examples provided in "How are you feeling?" and "Look at cholera". (3a,b, c, g)

Literature

Pupils will identify different ways of constructing sentences and their effects through looking at the examples provided in "How are you feeling?" and "Look at cholera". (4b)

Breadth of study

Non-fiction and non-literary texts - this project provides pupils with opportunities to investigate diaries, letters, ICT based reference material, newspapers and advertisements. (9a,b, c)

Writing

Composition

Pupils will choose form and contents to suit a particular purpose. They will use appropriate language and style; layout and presentation should be effective. "How are you feeling?" explicitly covers this programmes of study.

Planning and drafting

This project provides a range of purposes and forms of writing. They include, imagining, exploration of feelings, explaining a subject matter, persuading through forms of narration, reports, opinions, reviews and poems. (9a,b, c, 12)

Breadth of study

This project provides a range of purposes and forms of writing. They include, imagining, exploration of feelings, explaining a subject matter, persuading through forms of narration, reports, opinions, reviews and poems. (9a, b, c, 12)

Pupils will be taught to use writing to help their thinking, investigating and learning. (10)