year: Year 2
History teacher skills: Using artefacts in the classroom
This teacher-facing History video supports educators in using artefacts to develop pupils’ historical enquiry skills. It explores how to introduce artefacts as sources of evidence and includes practical strategies for classroom use—such as carousel activities, classroom museums, and mystery suitcases—to help pupils explore similarities, differences, and changes over time using appropriate historical vocabulary.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s History teacher skills resources. It helps build teacher confidence in using artefacts effectively to promote questioning, interpretation, and a deeper understanding of the past.
History teacher skills: Empire, invasion and settlers
This History teacher skills video explores how to teach complex substantive concepts such as empire, peasantry, and monarchy in meaningful and accessible ways. Using examples from units on the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings, it demonstrates how placing abstract ideas like invasion and settlement in historical contexts helps pupils make sense of these concepts. The video offers guidance on using definitions, chronological understanding, and contextual comparisons to deepen conceptual knowledge.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s History teacher skills resources. It supports teachers in confidently introducing abstract historical concepts across Key Stage 2, ensuring pupils develop a secure and nuanced understanding over time.
History teacher skills: Using artefacts to make deductions
This History teacher skills video provides guidance on how to use Roman artefacts effectively in the classroom to support historical inquiry. It demonstrates how to engage pupils in handling and observing artefacts, encouraging them to ask thoughtful questions and make logical deductions about Roman life. From chatelaine sets to brooches, mosaics, and glassware, the video explores ways to scaffold pupil investigation, develop observational skills, and deepen understanding of life in ancient Rome through material evidence.
History teacher skills: Legacy
This History teacher skills video supports teaching the abstract concept of legacy by guiding pupils to evaluate the lasting impact of the Roman Empire on Britain. It explores key Roman contributions such as numerals, central heating, sewage systems, and Christianity. The video encourages pupils to compare life before and after the Roman conquest and reflect on which Roman legacies are still significant today.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s History skills resources. It equips teachers with strategies to help children analyse change over time and assess historical influence through critical thinking and comparison.
D&T Textiles – Shaping fabric
This DT video supports pupils in developing their fabric shaping skills. It provides step-by-step guidance on how to cut fabric accurately and safely, including how to handle pins, trim around curves, and check precision using templates. Pupils are encouraged to take their time, ask for help when needed, and refine their cutting technique for greater control and success.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Design and Technology Textiles strand. It helps teachers support pupils in building practical skills, boosting confidence when working with fabric and tools.
D&T Textiles – Securing a template to fabric
This D&T video introduces pupils to techniques for securely attaching a template to fabric before cutting. It covers how to use pins safely, manage loose fabric, and cut accurately around shapes and curves. Pupils are guided through step-by-step instructions to build confidence in shaping fabric and checking for precision.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Design and Technology Textiles strand. It supports teachers in helping pupils develop practical and safe fabric-handling skills.
D&T Textiles – Running stitch
This D&T video demonstrates how to sew a running stitch, one of the most fundamental hand-sewing techniques. Pupils are shown how to thread a needle, tie a knot, and create even stitches by passing the needle in and out of fabric. The video includes clear steps for finishing off the stitch securely and reinforces safe, practical sewing habits.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Design and Technology Textiles strand. It supports teachers in developing pupils’ confidence in working with fabric and building foundational sewing skills.
D&T Textiles – Attaching ribbon
This D&T video introduces pupils to key textile techniques, including how to fasten ribbon to fabric using pins and a running stitch. Pupils are guided through best practices such as folding ribbon ends to avoid fraying, safely threading a needle, and finishing their work with secure stitches. The video supports careful trimming and handling of materials to ensure a neat and lasting result.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Design and Technology Textiles resources. It equips pupils with practical sewing skills that are essential for fabric-based projects in Key Stage 2.
