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    Wales at War - Project Overview

    Step back in time and discover how the Second World War affected Wales and the impact it had on Swansea. Discover the devastating effects and damage caused by the Swansea Blitz. Why were some parts of Wales bombed more than others? How would you and your family feel if you had been evacuated? Can you imagine what it would have been like to live in wartime Wales? Explore these questions and more in this special project about the Second World War and its impact on the towns and valleys of Wales.

    As part of our learning project, the Year 6 pupils generated some higher-order thinking questions that interested them about Wales at War and that they would like to find out. They are:

    • How might some landmarks still be standing and some aren’t?
    • How might the life of an evacuee look?
    • Who were some important people during the war and why were they important?
    • How would Swansea be different if it wasn’t targeted during the war?
    • Where might people have been evacuated to and why?
    • What might real survivors say about the war?
    • What were the different jobs and how were they paid?
    • How did modern items work back then?
    • How might communication have looked back then?
    • Why were certain buildings not targeted and protected instead?
    • What might it have felt like as a person waking up during the war time?
      To begin our learning project, we carried out a 'hook' lesson to generate our higher-order thinking questions, as mentioned above. Then, we produced a topic cover page showing our prior knowledge and presenting our questions. This helps us to refer back to our questions during our topic! ❓

    Secondly, we delved deeper into the beginning of our project and realised that the war didn't just affect Britain. Therefore, we carried out some work to discuss the question 'Why was World War 2 a World War?'. 🌎

    In preparation for this term's information text, we carried out a double-page spread on 'The Road to WW2'. We had to use our digital citizenship skills to research key facts and events that led to WW2. 🕵️‍♀️

    Next, in order to be an excellent historian, it is important to understand the difference between primary and secondary sources. As part of our work, we looked at a range of different sources to answer the question 'The announcement of war was a concern for everyone in Britain, why was this more of a concern for the residents of Swansea?'. 📰🎙️

    As well as reading into primary and secondary sources, being a great historian means looking into maps and the information they bring. We understand that, during WW2, maps played a very important part during attacks and made them successful. Therefore, we carried out work to answer the question 'Why are maps useful to army and air force operations?'. 🗺️🛩️

    Furthermore, in preparation for our work on The Battle of Britain, we used our Literacy and reading skills, to carry out a comprehension. 📚🇬🇧

    In addition to the comprehension, we then used our Numeracy skills to answer the question 'The Battle of Britain was a crucial and deciding factor for WW2... how can you help the RAF protect Britain against the Luftwaffe?'. Here we had to use a range of skills such as addition, multiplication, ratio, percentages and more. 💷

    As mentioned, this term's Literacy focus is to write an information text. We have carried out lots of build-up tasks in preparation for this! Our information text is based on the question 'Can you summarise and present to others the events that led to WW2 and Britain's involvement in a second war within 20 years?'. ⏳

    In preparation for our practical work on air raid shelters, we carried out some research on the different types of shelters used by people during WW2. We created a double-page spread which included research on the types of shelters, the advantages and disadvantages and the features of the shelters 💣

     

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