Year 1 - Key Progression

Year 1

Changes within living memory

• Me and my family tree, key national events (e.g.  Royal births, weddings, prime ministers etc.)
• Sea side holidays have changed over time.
• Lifeboats have changed over time.
• Bidston Hill has a windmill and an observatory

Events beyond living memory

• The Gunpowder plot was in 1605
• We remember the gunpowder plot every year on bonfire night.
• Bonfire night is celebrated on 5^th November.
• Hoylake lifeboat station is one of the oldest in the UK it was founded in 1803.
• New Brighton Lifeboat station was founded in 1863.

The lives of significant individuals

• Queen Elizabeth II is our queen
• Guy Fawkes was born in 1570.
• Guy Fawkes plotted to use explosives to destroy the Houses of Parliament and King James 1st. The plot was unsuccessful.
• Sir William Hilary started the modern lifeboat service in 1824.

Local History Study

• New Brighton has been a popular seaside town since the late 1900s.
• Seaside holidays became popular in Victorian times.
• New Brighton has seen many changes over time.