Support a confident move from KS2 to KS3 History with this structured Year 6 to Year 7 Summer History Transition Booklet – Support Edition.

The resource contains 30 carefully sequenced five-a-day sessions suitable for summer homework, transition work, tutoring, intervention, home learning or the first weeks of Year 7. Ten important historical topics are revisited three times, allowing pupils to strengthen essential knowledge while gradually developing historical thinking.

Topics covered
Roman invasion of Britain
Boudica’s revolt
Hadrian’s Wall
End of Roman rule in Britain
Anglo-Saxon migration and settlement
Viking raid on Lindisfarne
Alfred, Guthrum and the Danelaw
Norman Conquest
Magna Carta
Black Death and labour change
Three connected encounters

Encounter 1 – Knowledge and inference
Chronology, key facts, vocabulary, source comprehension and supported inference.

Encounter 2 – Causation and utility
Causes, causal chains, consequences, source origin, usefulness and significance.

Encounter 3 – Comparison and judgement
Purposeful comparisons, similarities and differences, change and continuity, and supported historical conclusions.

Support features
accessible two-page knowledge organiser;
modernised extracts from named historical sources;
clear provenance information;
word banks and sentence starters;
guided source questions;
misconception warnings and method tips;
generous writing space;
30-session progress tracker;
final reflection and Year 7 handover page.

A complete 34-page solution and teaching bank accompanies the 36-page student booklet, with accurate model answers, source references, historical qualifications and marking guidance.

The resource is undated and evergreen, so it can be reused each summer.

Suitable for: Year 6 summer homework, KS2–KS3 transition, lower-attaining pupils, SEND support, tutoring, intervention, home education and September baseline preparation.

Keywords: Year 6 History, Year 7 History, KS2 History, KS3 History, summer transition, history homework, source skills, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Norman Conquest, Magna Carta, Black Death.