Year 2 - Key Knowledge and Learning Outcomes

Year 2 Key Knowledge

  • Birkenhead Priory is the oldest standing building on Merseyside it was founded in 1150 as a Benedictine monastery
  • The first passenger ferry across the Mersey was in 1864
  • The Woodside terminal was updated in 1985
  • William Hesketh Lever lived 1854-1916
  • Lever Brothers factory opened in Port Sunlight in 1885
  • Port Sunlight Village was founded in 1888
  • Prince Charles founded the town of Poundbury in 1993
  • Yuri Gagarin was the first human to orbit the earth in 1961
  • Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon in 1969
  • Tim Peak was the first British man to walk in space in 2015

 

Year 2 Learning Outcomes

Changes within living memory

  • We can travel to Liverpool by ferry from Birkenhead.
  • Air travel has changed since the 1900s Air travel has changed since the 1900s.
  • Space travel has changed since 1960s.

Events beyond living memory

  • Birkenhead Priory was founded in 1150 as a Benedictine Monastry.
  • In 1888 William Lever built a new factory in Wirral.
  • William Lever developed Port Sunlight so that his workers would have a better place to live.
  • In 1922 the Lady Lever Art Gallery was opened in the village of Port Sunlight.

The lives of significant individuals and their impact on my life today

  • The Wright Brothers made the first flight in 1803
  • Lt Yuri Gagarin was the first human to orbit the earth in 1961
  • Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon in 1969.
  • Tim Peak was the first British astronaut to walk in Space in 2015.
  • William Hesketh Lever and his brother James Lever founded Lever Brothers in 1885.
  • Prince Charles is the heir to the throne. He founded Poundbury in 1993.

Local History Study

  • Birkenhead Priory is the oldest standing building on Merseyside.
  • The first ferries in Eastham and Birkenhead were run by monks
  • The Ferries have been important links to Liverpool since the 1400s
  • A ferry still runs from Birkenhead today.

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