PrimaryHistory

Review – Kapow Primary history scheme

At a glance
  • Web-based history lesson plans
  • Designed to help pupils progress and support teacher workload and professional development
  • Developed by subject specialists
  • Huge range of content for Y1–Y6
  • All resources are rooted in successful, proven pedagogy
  • Develops love for the subject

Find a wealth of specialist content to support and supplement high-quality history teaching across key stages…

Kapow Primary history is the latest updated offer from the legends of resource creation.

Boasting a plethora of content specifically designed to reduce workload and encourage pupil progress, Kapow Primary history is an exceptional addition to any school curriculum, whether it be as supplementary resources or as a replacement for existing schemes of learning.

Written by subject specialists, the content is second to none, consisting of lesson plans, knowledge organisers, assessments, supporting resources, displays and embedded wider content. You really don’t need to look any further for your history-planning provision.

Taking the proven ingredients from previous packages, Kapow Primary has built upon its successes, developing the content of the course while staying true to their key values and strengths. The results are more than impressive.

History can be a tricky subject to deliver at primary level given the range of topical content required for success. Kapow Primary focuses on select substantive concepts: power, invasion, settlement and migration, civilisation, tax and trade, beliefs, achievements and follies of mankind.

These concepts allow learners to sequentially begin to understand some of the intricacies of historical study and plant the roots for sustainable progression in topical understanding of the subject.

The resources are detailed enough that you don’t have to be a history specialist to get the most out of them. The integrated CPD also helps here.

“The resources are detailed enough that you don’t have to be a history specialist to get the most out of them.”

Coupled with the substantive concepts, Kapow Primary also builds pupils’ understanding of disciplinary concepts.

Exploring change and continuity, similarities and differences, chronology, cause and consequence, historical significance, sources of evidence and historical interpretation, pupils are able to quickly and confidently begin to understand how to be a proper historian.

What stands out in the resources is the gearing toward progressing pupils as historians and building love for the subject.

The content is centred around posed historical questions, which encourages learners to gather, organise and evaluate evidence. This is coupled with the skills of interpreting findings, analysing and making connections, and evaluating and drawing conclusions, creating real sense of discovery and reasoning.

Kapow Primary knows how to create resources. The content on the platform is centralised around simplistic and proven pedagogical approaches, and the series of lessons for each topic is geared towards pupil progress and minimisation of workload for teachers.

Comprising individual lesson plans and resources, coupled with knowledge organisers and clear overview maps, Kapow Primary history is ideal for the high pace of the busy classroom.

In a time when it is of pivotal importance to be effective and efficient, investing in Kapow Primary history is a smart move. Teachers and pupils alike will significantly benefit from this well thought-out content.

Verdict Reviewed by Adam Riches
  • Content is well mapped and easy to navigate
  • Resources are all incredibly well prepared
  • Online functionality and usability is second to none
  • Full package of planning from start to finish
  • Integrated primary and secondary sources, including an exclusive transcription of Elizabeth I’s visit to Worcester

Upgrade if...

You are looking for exceptionally well-designed and written history content that is adaptable and versatile. Also consider if you have no history specialists to help your teachers plan.
Kapow Primary

Kapow Primary

www.kapowprimary.com

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