Year 5 - Key Knowledge and Learning Outcomes

Year 5 Key Knowledge

• The Tudor period is between 1405 and 1603
• There were five Tudor monarchs: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward I, Mary I and Elizabeth I
• The Victorian era was between 1837 and 1901
• The Stuart king James I was the frst king of a United Kingdom
• Parliament has two houses the House of commons and the House of Lords
• Ancient Greece was from 800 BC it fell to the Romans in 146 BC
• The Greeks were defeated at the battle of Corinth at 146 BC
• Athens and Sparta were city states in Ancient Greece
• The Ancient Greeks started the Olympic games first held in Olympia
• Mersey railways opened in 1886
• Hamilton Square was designed by Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham

A monument to Queen Victoria was built in Hamilton Square in 1905

Year 5 Learning Outcomes

The Changing Power of the Monarchs and the strengthening of parliament

• The Tudors period is between 1485 and 1603.
• There were five Tudor monarchs Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI,

Mary I and Elizabeth I.

The Tudor period had two of the strongest monarchs ever to sit on the throne Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

• The Victorian era was between 1837 and 1901.
• Queen Victoria ruled for 64 years.
• Britain built a huge empire during the Victorian period.
• The relationships between the church, parliament and monarchs changed from Tudors to Victorians.

Ancient Greece

• The Ancient Greek civilisation emerged in 800 BC.
• The Ancient Greeks believed in many Gods and Goddesses. They thought they lived above Mount Olympus in the clouds.
• The two most important city states Ancient Greece were Athens and Sparta.
• The Greeks were finally defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC.
• The legacy of Ancient Greece includes democracy, architecture and the Olympics.

Local Study

• The impact of the Victorian era on Birkenhead including, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead Town Hall, The Railways.
• Hamilton Square was designed by James Gillespie Graham. He was commissioned by John Laird the shipbuilder.
• Hamilton Square was named after the wife of John Laird’s family.
• There is a monument to Queen Victoria in Hamilton Square.
• The Mersey railways opened in 1886.
• The Mersey tunnel opened in 1934.