Year 5 history games
Year 5 (ages 9–10, upper Key Stage 2). Games are matched to the Year 5 history programme of study.
For parents and teachers
What children learn in Year 5 history
Year 5 history often covers Britain’s settlement by the Anglo-Saxons and the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England, up to Edward the Confessor.
Children use maps, place names and sources such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Key goals for Year 5 include:
- explain who the Vikings were and where they came from
- describe what Alfred the Great did
- put key events from 793 to 1066 in order
US equivalent: Year 5 pupils are about the age of Grade 4. Each topic shows the closest Common Core standard.