Communication, Language and Literacy
Literacy:
Creative Development
Fiction:
ARCHIE’S WAR
STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND THEN LEAVE
GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
WAR BOY/WAR GAME
Reading comprehension skills
Writing prompts based on the text including life as an evacuee,
descriptions, informal letters.
Make Do and Mend: make rag rugs
Design and build a WW1 trench model
Design and cook a menu for a VE day party
Poetry:
WW1 poetry
Writing Remembrance Day poems
Non-Fiction:
Non-Chronological Reports – World War 1 & 2
Autobiographical Writing (Anne Frank)
S&L: * presenting research findings
* Debate
* paired and group work in all areas of learning
COMPUTING:
Internet Research
Word Processing (blogging)
‘We Are App Planners’
MFL (Jolie Ronde):
Food and Drink
DT:
Art:
WW1 trench scenes inspired by John Nash & Paul Nash
Blitz scenes
Remembrance Day poppies
How did Lowry portray WW2? Create “VE DAY IN CONGLETON”
class collage in the style of Lowry.
Music (LMT SCHEME OF WORK):
“Codebreakers”
Ongoing singing/performance skills
IS IT RIGHT TO FIGHT?
Enrichment Experiences:
Imperial War Museum
Stockport Air Raid Shelters Evacuee Experience
Congleton & St John’s Church War Memorial visit
VE Day Party
(*Key questions from pupils)
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Geography:
Which countries were involved in WW1 & WW2?
Why were they ‘world’ wars?
Which locations were children evacuated to?
Which countries were invaded?
History:
How, why and when did WW1 & WW2 begin?
What was it like in Congleton during WW1 & WW2?
What is the difference between WW1 and WW2?
What can we learn from different sources of evidence?
What were wartime houses like and how do they
compare to present day houses?
What was the Blitz?
What was life like for evacuees?
Why were children evacuated?
What was rationing?
What happened as the wars progressed?
When and why did the wars start and end?
Were the wars different and if so, in what ways?
Did only men fight?
What were hospitals like in the war?
What weapons/vehicles were used?
Science:
Mini topic: How do we learn? How does our brain work?
Animals inc Humans: ‘The Circulatory System’
‘Light’
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
Maths:
Physical Development
PE:
Football (outdoor)
Gymnastics (indoor)
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
SEAL:
New Beginnings
Getting On & Falling Out
RE:
Christian values and beliefs
Christian charity
Would Britain be a different place if we hadn’t ‘won’ the war?
Place Value
Four Operations (+ - x /) Mental/Written methods
2d and 3d shapes
Measures
*Use context of WW1 and WW2
(plus codebreaking)