1. Primary KS2 You’ll start to see the poppy being worn by many people
in November. It’s a symbol that honours
people who lost their lives in war. Today we will talk about
a war that is going on now. Do you know where it might be?
Primary KS2
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2. Feedback from: “Do aliens exist?”
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Feedback from: “Do aliens exist?”
“We have no evidence of aliens existing, and bacteria does not count as aliens, because they can't talk.”
Skippers Hill Manor School
“I personally think that aliens do exist because there must be another planet with aliens on.”
Wateringbury Church of England Primary School
I’m very surprised to see that so many of you think aliens exist – we thought you just liked to make up stories and films about us. Perhaps one day we can all meet and those of you who were unsure will finally be convinced… Maybe we could do a joint VoteTopic about who has the best planet!
– Zorg, CEO of VotesforAliens

3. Should education be a top priority in times of crisis?
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Should education be a top priority in times of crisis?
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Priority:
Something that is more important than everything else.

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Our partner this week…
For this week’s topic, we are working with UNICEF UK to think about how living in a country where there is war can affect children’s right to an education.
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UNICEF are the world’s leading children’s charity working to help children in danger all over the world. They are one of many charities working in Yemen right now, but they work in lots of other countries too.

5. Our learning journey for this week!
Starter: what makes a school?
What is happening in Yemen?
What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
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How else does war affect children?
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6. How should you feel when you’re at school?
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Starter: What makes a school?
What people do you need in it?
What objects do you need?
Table Activity (5 min)
Think about all the different things that make your school what it is. What can you add to these three categories?
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Teachers
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How should you feel when you’re at school?

7. Starter: What makes a school?
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Starter: What makes a school?
The answer is that all these things make your school the healthy, safe and exciting place it is. In the UK, schools have wonderful things like classroom decorations, iPads and of course, wonderful teachers like yours! But many children do not have schools like this…
Today we will learn about an ongoing war in a country called Yemen. The fighting has meant many schools are unsafe or completely ruined. The ones that are left look very different to ours, are often unsafe, and do not have the resources that we do.
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Resources: Supplies of money, materials (like pens) and staff (like teachers) that a school needs to work properly.

8. Our learning journey for this week!
Starter: what makes a school?
What is happening in Yemen?
What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
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How else does war affect children?
Vote!
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9. What is happening in Yemen?
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What is happening in Yemen?
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Yemen is a country in the Middle East, very close to Africa and bordering Saudi Arabia. It is the poorest country in the Middle East.
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Civil War:
Where two or more sides are fighting in the same country, rather than a country fighting another country (like in WWI).
Yemen is in the middle of a civil war. This is when two sides in the same country are fighting for control. Aid agencies say 75% of the Yemeni population need help to find safe shelter and food, and almost 8 million people do not have enough food to be healthy.

10. What is happening in Yemen?
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What is happening in Yemen?
The government in Yemen is fighting with others who want a new government. All the fighting has destroyed a lot of Yemen’s schools, hospitals and homes, making people’s lives very difficult and dangerous.
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2 million children are out of school and around 2,000 schools have been destroyed.
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Pair talk (3 min)
How are these classrooms different from yours? How would you feel if this was your school?
Many children have had to leave their homes or have left Yemen completely because of the fighting. For children still in Yemen, getting an education is a struggle as schools have been ruined, and there are very few teachers and no school resources.

11. This video could be upsetting.
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What is happening in Yemen?
Lots of countries have evacuated their citizens from Yemen. The man in the picture to the left is trying to leave Yemen with his family and go back to India. He knows that Yemen is too dangerous to raise a family and not safe for his children.
Class Activity (3 min)
Click on 12-year-old Roua from Yemen, to listen to her story. Why is she not at school? How does she feel about it?
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Warning:
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12. Our learning journey for this week!
Starter: what makes a school?
What is happening in Yemen?
What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
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How else does war affect children?
Vote!
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13. What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
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What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
School isn’t just a place where you gain important knowledge and skills for the rest of your life – it’s also a place where you make friends, get to know your community and learn how to work with other people. When Yemeni children don’t have a school to go to, if affects much more than just their education.
Next Term
In Year 7
In college!
I would start to miss my friends.
I’d forget how to do some simple Maths problems!
I wouldn’t be able to apply to university.
Group Activity (6 min)
On your table, think
about how your life would be in each of these stages if you didn’t have a school to go to. What important skills would you be missing?
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14. What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
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What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
Countries know how important school is, even when there is a war going on. The Safe Schools Declaration is an agreement between 81 countries that schools should stay as schools so children can continue to receive an education. Lots of schools in Yemen are being used by the army, which breaks the rules of this agreement.
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Class task (5 mins)
This video explains what happens to many schools when they are used by armies. Watch it and discuss the questions in the grey box.
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Warning:
This video could be upsetting.
Challenge:
Why do you think there are rules for war? What challenges do you think there are in making sure countries obey the rules?
Do you think Yemen’s schools are safe for children to learn in?
What else could be done to make sure children can still learn?

15. Our learning journey for this week!
Starter: what makes a school?
What is happening in Yemen?
What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
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How else does war affect children?
Vote!
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16. How else does war affect children?
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How else does war affect children?
Let’s look more closely at how else war can affect children’s lives.
When war is happening in a country, lots of food doesn’t get delivered because it’s not safe to travel.
Lots of farmland and buildings are also damaged, meaning that growing food is very difficult.
Partner talk (3 mins)
Using these pictures as clues, how else might war affect children? Click for answers.
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When people need to go to the hospital, often hospitals are damaged and don’t have reliable electricity or enough medical supplies.
As people flee the warzone, nobody is left to take care of things like clean water, so diseases like cholera can spread quickly.

17. How does war affect children?
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How does war affect children?
War affects children’s safety, separates them from parents and cuts off supply of vital food.
The war could damage or destroy her family home as well as her school.
On your own (3 mins)
Think about the video we saw earlier when Roua was talking about her life. Draw a mindmap of all the things that affect her during the civil war.
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18. How does war affect children?
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How does war affect children?
“I think there are other things to consider before education, like health. If children aren’t healthy, then they are in danger.”
“I think education is the biggest priority when there is a war because these children shouldn't miss out on their future.”
Whole Class Activity (5 min)
How important do you think education is during times of crisis? Where would you put yourself on the slider scale above?
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Teacher:
Ask some pupils to come up and point where they would be on the scale and explain why.
Priority:
Something that is more important than everything else.

19. Our learning journey for this week!
Starter: what makes a school?
What is happening in Yemen?
What would happen if you didn’t go to school?
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How else does war affect children?
Vote!
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20. Career Launchpad! Video (3 mins) Click to watch.
Learn more about: Raising money for charity
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Charities like UNICEF need donations to help them continue the work they do. There are many ways to raise money for charity, and you may know some of them as you’ve helped organise them in your school. Watch the video and think about which of the products would raise the most money. Don’t forget to think about how much the materials will cost too!
What does a charity fundraiser do?
How would you get there?
Most charities will ask for a university degree, in any subject.
You’ll need to be good at dealing with money so maths is important.
It’s useful to have experience volunteering for other charities first.
Will you like it?
Charity fundraisers help raise money for the charity they work for. They do this by coming up with creative ideas to get other people to donate. You’ll need to be great at meeting new people.
What would you do?
Come up with inventive ways for people to donate to your charity.
Attend lots of events and parties so you can meet people who might want to donate.
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21. Should education be a top priority in times of crisis? No
When it is dangerous to go out, education is not a top priority. Stopping the war and helping people survive is.
Transport, healthcare (like doctors and hospitals) and clean water all need to be available before we can think about education.
It will take years to rebuild Yemen’s education system. The money could be better spent elsewhere.
It might be safer for children to stay at home because of the fighting going on outside.
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22. Should education be a top priority in times of crisis? Yes
Education is really important to help children feel safe and like they have a future. It is their right.
A child needs more than just water, food and shelter. They need friends, safety, learning and hope.
Having a good education helps to build more peaceful societies. The children from Yemen will need the skills from school to solve their country’s problems when they grow older.
Having a good education is the best way to make sure war never happens again in a country.
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