Year 6 Journey

Britain at War

This unit will explain in full how World War Two began and give the children a wider understanding of how concepts such as empire and rebellion have influenced Hitler and his plan to dominate Europe. The children will explore the significance of the Battle of Britain and complete a local study, looking at a range of sources from different areas in the West Midlands region such as Dudley, Wolverhampton, Stoke etc. They will then compare the inner cities with Shropshire and explore how Britain gained victory in World War Two.

Maafa

This project teaches children about Africa past and present and the development of the slave trade. It also explores Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, the causes and consequences of the European colonisation of Africa and the worldwide communities that make up the African diaspora.

Children will gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’, ‘parliament’ and ‘peasantry’.

Our Changing World 

This essential skills and knowledge project revises the features of Earth, time zones and lines of latitude and longitude to pinpoint places on a map. Children find out more about map scales, grid references, contour lines and map symbols. They learn about climate change and the importance of global trade. Children analyse data and carry out fieldwork to find out about local road safety. They study patterns of human settlements and carry out an enquiry to describe local settlement patterns.

Frozen Kingdom

This project teaches children about the characteristics and features of polar regions, including the North and South Poles, and includes a detailed exploration of the environmental factors that shape and influence them.

Children will use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.