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Our topic this term is called 'Conflict and Resolution'. We follow an enquiry based learning approach which allows the children to take charge of their learning and really become inspired by the things that interest them. At the beginning of our topic we posed all the questions that we wanted to find out about and chose our own enquiry projects. These projects have included acting out life as an evacuee to discover what it would have felt like, what their lives were like and why they had to leave the cities, all the way to how does a tank work? How did we first manage to fly in the sky? Who invented hot air balloons? Why do butterflies have different colours? And why do some countries not have water supplies like England?

Because the children have chosen these topics and projects themselves, their drive and curiosity has been wonderful to see flourish throughout the term. We can't wait to see their finished projects!

1/15

Daisy hard at work creating a picture for an evacuee to take with them when they left their homes.

2/15

Rosie writing a diary from the perspective of an evacuee.

3/15

Kaya creating a photo frame for an evacuee to take with them to put a picture of their family in.

4/15

Jessica writing a diary from the perspective of an evacuee.

5/15

Cerin researching the differences between aircraft and how they work.

6/15

Toby recording his learning about tanks and The Blitz.

7/15

Grace deciding on which toy plane to make to test how they fly.

8/15

Brandan designing a diorama to do a presentation on The Blitz and what happened.

9/15

Henry using primary sources of real pictures from WWII to see what life was like in The Blitz.

10/15

Sophie creating her book about evacuees. Today's page is about clothing in the war.

11/15

Harry creating a diagram of a tank from his research about them. He is planning on making a model to find out how they work.

12/15

Archie working on his tank design.

13/15

Harley and Mr Conway reading and learning about tanks.

14/15

Martha and Nathan researching military clothing from around the world and learning about why they are made of different materials and colours.

15/15

Dan working on his tank diagram and design.

We have been very lucky to be able to use some replica newspapers as primary sources to help us with our research which has very kindly been donated by Historic-Newspapers.co.uk to help support the children with their learning.