Looking for an intriguing and scary narrative resource for your pupils, then this Year 6 War Child reading activity might just what you are looking for.

This resource will help your children understand Year 6 reading comprehension text, this War Child resource contains an extract about a young girl's morning at school that turn into a sudden and unexpected scary event, along with a variety of questions covering eight reading content domains and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

We've also included some more in-depth questions for more detailed written answers.

Please note that this story references a military attack involving a school which some readers might find distressing.

National Curriculum Objectives:

• English Year 5 & Year 6: Maintain positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what is read.
• English Year 5 & Year 6: Understand what they read by exploring the meaning of words in context; drawing inferences and justifying inferences with evidence; predicting what might happen from details stated and implied; summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and identifying key details that support the main ideas; and identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
• English Year 5 & Year 6: Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.