Year 6

Summer Term

Children will explore fiction, non-fiction, and poetry throughout the theme of World War II.  They will read and discuss Carrie’s War, explore how the author uses historical details to place the book in time, and debate the right and wrongs of Carrie’s actions. They will research the Blitz and evacuations, writing an information poster for children. They will investigate first-hand accounts of evacuation and the European children’s experiences, read parts of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, and finally plan and write a wartime stories.

During this unit of work, children will explore how animals and plants adapt to the environment in which they live. They will learn that adaptations occur over time and that may lead to a species evolving. Children will conduct an experiment to answer the question: which beak is best adapted to pick up a seed? They will consider how certain adaptations occur in response to environmental conditions. They will learn about natural selection and how this links to inheritance and how some characteristics are inherited from their parents, and some are not.