Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Recall that a monarch is a king or queen.
• Explain that recent monarchs in the UK do not have the power to make decisions alone.
• Identify some of the monarch’s roles.
• Explain that a king or queen is crowned in a special ceremony called a coronation.
• Name some of the main steps in the coronation ceremony.
• Explain the use of special objects in the coronation.
• Use sources to explain how William the Conqueror became King of England.
• Know that monarchs in the past had all the power to make decisions.
• Explain how William the Conqueror kept order and conquered England.
• Identify the two different types of castle built by the Normans.
• Compare the similarities and differences between Norman castles.
• Identify features of Norman castles.
• Explain how castles have changed over time.
• Recognise that we still have castles today.
• Sequence castles on a timeline.
• Describe characteristics of the monarchy in the past.
• Identify that the monarchy has changed over time.
• Make comparisons between past and present monarchy.