https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn World War II (Evacuation) en-us 2017-11-14 18:34:12 UTC 2025-10-25 09:52:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/206900126 (30-32 children sat in tables of 8 - split into groups of 4 to play beetle)]]> 2017-11-14 18:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/206900126 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/206910427 The aim of this digital resource is to educate children in a Year 5 class about an aspect of World War II. Since World War II is such a broad topic, with many different subject areas, it would be impossible to teach the whole series of lessons over 3-4 lessons. Due to this reason,  I have decided the focus of this padlet is Evacuation. The first lesson is a teacher in role/ hot seating activity where the teacher plays the role of Neville Chamberlain and the children ask questions they have thought of previously. The second lesson is a role-play evacuee day, this lesson entails the children arriving at school as 'evacuees' and following a similar journey that the evacuated children would have experienced during the War. The third lesson is a pair - improvisation activity where children are split into pairs (1 A, 1 B). The children are given a very short time to rehearse a response from a scenario and they have to adopt the persona of that character, they then perform to the class sitting back to back, mostly improvising. Drama is a very cross-curricular subject that lends itself across the curriculum. For example, a cross-curricular link to this padlet and the series of lessons could be the build up to a writing activity in Literacy (such as letter writing, newspaper articles, diary entries in the perspective of evacuees/ government/ Chamberlain/ Churchill/ Parents of evacuees/ host families etc.) Drama also develops some childrens speech and language, confidence, ability to show emphathy/ sympathy etc.   

]]> 2017-11-14 19:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/206910427 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/207608208 (30 children in the class) ]]> 2017-11-16 11:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/207608208 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216146053 2017-12-14 13:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216146053 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216204000 2017-12-14 15:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216204000 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216206183 Evacuee children taking about experience]]> 2017-12-14 15:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216206183 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216208300 Evacuee child talking about host family]]> 2017-12-14 15:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216208300 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216209815 Host families interview ]]> 2017-12-14 16:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216209815 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216226309 (Children in pairs to improvise responses between evacuee/ parent) ]]> 2017-12-14 16:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216226309 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216319441 2017-12-14 20:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216319441 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216321433 2017-12-14 20:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216321433 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216323389 Here, I have included a selection of drama warm ups/ starters from two drama-based online resource websites that can be used in schools. 

Where appropriate/ time permits, please feel free to use them as starter/ plenary activities with the class. ]]> 2017-12-14 20:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216323389 15385668 https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216408924 English:
Children should be encouraged to "adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriately to others in role (both verbally and non-verbally)”.
History:
Children should be taught about "an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066". (DfE, 2013) ]]> 2017-12-15 09:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/15385668/mddk0rx6glkn/wish/216408924