This History video introduces teachers to key knowledge about the monarchy to support pupils in understanding how power and government in Britain have changed over time. It outlines the difference between absolute monarchy, where kings once ruled with full authority, and the constitutional monarchy we have today, where the monarch acts as head of state but laws are made by Parliament. The video also explores the important ceremonial and symbolic role of the monarch, from public duties to their involvement with the armed forces and the Church of England.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s History scheme – England. It lessons exploring monarchy and leadership in the UK. It includes detailed guidance on explaining the coronation ceremony, including each of its traditional stages. Teachers are supported with suggestions for relating these historical traditions to pupils’ own experiences, helping them to understand abstract concepts like oaths and anointing through familiar examples such as joining a club or attending a baptism.
A lively song teaching compass directions through repetition and rhythm to support geographical understanding.
This video supports teachers in leading a Year 1 and Year 2 playground fieldwork activity where pupils collect and analyse emotional responses to inform later design suggestions.
This video supports teachers in introducing early mapping skills to KS1 pupils through collaborative map drawing, use of symbols and directional language.
Pupils learn to represent their classroom from above by building a symbolic messy map with everyday objects and using directional language to explain it.
This video supports teachers in introducing aerial perspective and map symbols through collaborative 3D messy map activities using classroom objects.
This Kapow pupil video is part of the Kapow History scheme of work. It helps pupils understand what a timeline is and how it shows events in the order they happened. Pupils learn that the word past describes things that have already happened, while the present is what’s happening now. Timelines always begin with now and go backwards into the past, helping us see how time passes.
Pupils are encouraged to create their own simple timelines, starting with the day they were born. They can add key moments like starting school, getting a pet, or beginning Year 1. This helps them understand that their own life has a history and introduces them to the idea of sequencing events in chronological order.
This video introduces pupils to key hand-building techniques for working with clay, including shaping, rolling and mark making.
