For the opening week of term, Year 6 began by looking at the inspirational figure of Nancy Wake aka The White Mouse. We watched films about her life and her journey from birth in New Zealand to living in Australia, the USA and the UK before settling in France as a journalist and marrying the millionaire industrialist, Henri Fiocca.
After World War Two broke out, Nancy became actively involved in smuggling refugees and allied airmen out of France before joining the SOE (Special Operations Executive) and carrying out dangerous missions to sabotage German infrastructure or to aid the allied advance into Germany.
Among the activities the pupils carried out were writing a diary entry from Nancy after carrying out a mission, considering whether we should always tell the truth (Henri Fiocca refused to give Nancy up under questioning from the Germans and paid with his life) and creating World War Two propaganda posters. Here are some examples of the children’s learning.
Liss: Year 6 