Humanities

Year 6

Autumn 2024

Managing Conflict - BBC BitesizeBBC Bitesize article for Primary school student in Northern Ireland about managing conflict

As a starting point to this topic it was important to have a sound grasp of the meaning of conflict. Year 6 watched the above clips and discussed the true meaning.

Next, the various forms of conflict were discussed following a video clip

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles

What is Conflict?

Posters were created using the information from the clip with examples of different conflicts they had encountered.

CAM: Order significant global conflicts on a timeline

We worked collaboratively to research and find out about significant global conflicts.

We began by matching the conflict to the year and then the summary of the conflict.

When we had correctly matched all of the conflicts, we organised them on a timeline.

Each group researched the history of conflict and orgaised them in chronological order. The groups divided the workload and thought about ways of presenting the information in interesting and engaging ways.

They organised ways of presenting. The results were clear, professional and informative.

Life in the Trenches

During our work on World War 1, we focused on life in the trenches. The children demonstrated their understanding of the trenches and trench warfare by writing a letter home to a loved one.

We also used Seesaw to annotate an image of a trench, labelling and describing the different parts.

Laila Day - Letter from the trenches

Oliver Jones - Letter from the trenches

William Caddy - Letter from the trenches

Year 6 researched experiences had by millions of evacuees at this time and created informative double page spreads.

World War 2

final Anderson Shelters.MOV

Anderson Shelters

Research was carried out in order to find out the purpose, measurements and appearance of the Anderson Shelter. The design brief was to create a design and model to scale. Groups were chosen, and designs were made.

Teams set to work using the resources they mostly resourced from home.

Each member of the team was delegated roles, and the workload was carefully divided by the group.

The design plans were carefully worked from.

Each team worked effectively, and there was a shared goal throughout the room, the completion of the shelter and the transformation from detailed plan to product.

The teams were asked to work out a scale showing the dimensions of a standard Anderson Shelter.

Final Products

Each team demonstrated excellent teamwork skills and the final products were amazing.

The detail and thought, along with the accuracy of research was common among all the groups.

Finley Williams.mp4

Leader Speeches

From their mouths...

Aron Hughes.mp4

Following research on World War 2 leaders, Dosbarth Efydd assessed the characteristics of the men and their ability to lead their Nation.

Next they wrote motivational speeches and performed these on Chatterpix.

Esme Evans Mot speech.mp4

Winston Churchill

Great Britain

Ieuan Cowell.mp4

Benito Mussolini

Italy

Jorgia Galea.mp4

Adolf Hitler

Germany

Bree Clifford.mp4

Winston Churchill

Great Britain

Isabella Joseph.mp4

Winston Churchill

Great Britain

Jazmine Banner.mp4

Adolf Hitler

Germany

Motivational speech by Winston Churchill

Speeches were written

Motivational Speech by Joseph Stalin

Most effective leaders were evaluated

Motivational Speech by Joseph Stalin

Leaders were empathised with

A Motivational Speech by Winston Churchill

Characteristics were assessed

Motivational speech by Winston Churchill

Different styles were analysed

Ella Davies.mp4

Churchill..

Marnie Holland.mp4

..as seen by...

WW2 Leader motivational speech (15 Nov 2024 at 11:32).mp4

...Year 6

Line drawings of the WW2 Leaders - Hitler

Shading techniques were explored- Hitler

Year 6 investigated shadows- Stalin

.. and pencil pressure- Churchill

Colour Mixing: Year 6 explored colour mixing and blending techniques during Art lessons. Silhouettes were made and put on top of a London scene during the Blitz.

Colours were mixed

Silhouettes were made..

..and placed on the backgrounds

Topic work

Friend or Foe

Year 6 produced an end of topic evaluation, detailing their thoughts on the activities and experiences over the term.

Meadow Cook - End of term evaluation

Savannah Panagi - End of term evaluation