This term, we are learning about 'World War II and the Holocaust'.
Our history work for the term will focus on the Second World War and particularly how children’s lives were affected during this time. They will learn about evacuation and rationing and how the Blitz affected children living in London and other major cities.
We will visit the Holocaust centre, which links excellently to our work in the second half of the term.
Our work in English links to our topic in a cross-curricular way as much as possible. We use events such as the Blitz and evacuation as a basis for our writing and comprehension, also enhancing them with our Evacuee Day later in the term.
The children have also come home with details of the annual World War II home-learning project, which will culminate in an exhibition of their work. We are amazed every year as the quality gets higher and higher.