Working on the topic the Battle of Britain students have to know some historical facts.

1.09.1939 - Germany invades Poland (WW2 begins)

03.09.1939 - The UK declares war to Germany

17.09.1939 - The Soviet Union invades Poland

10.07.1940 - 31.10.1940 - The Battle of Britain

17.01.1944 -18.05.1944 - The Battle of Monte Cassino

06.06.1944 - D-Day, Normandy landings

01.08.1944 - 02.10.1944 - Warsaw Uprising

08.05.1945 - the end of WW2

Year 5 in Eastburn have been learning about WW2 as a background to their music project based on the book 'Goodnight Mr Tom'.  We have used the book The usborne Introduction to the Second World War by Paul Dowswell, and the Dorling Kindersley book 'World War II.' by Simon Adams  In particular, we have looked at the following topics:

Each week, we have used a set of comprehension questions to look at the text, and these have led to discussions.  The questions and texts have been shared on the Twinspace and our partners in Poland have used them too!

The Battle of Britain

The Home Front and the evacuation of children from the cities:

The events at the start of the war, particularly the invasion of Poland:

The role of women on the front line:

D Day - we learned about this in June 2019, on the 75th anniversay of D Day in 1944.  As well as our usual weekly comprehension questions, we also learned about D Day in French in our French lesson!

We researched the special relationships which were established between countries during the war.  This links well with the 'collaboration' strand of the Building Learning Power strategy which we use at Eastburn School.