What If I was a Russian Spy working at NASA?

by Tom Wilson, Year 6 Teacher

During the first half term, the Year 6 project was a ‘What if…’ Topic based on the Space Race. They had to imagine that they were a Russian Spy, reporting their findings of the US Space Programme to Yuri Andropov (Head of the KGB).

Included in their secret dossiers were an abundance of facts about the technology, astronauts, spacecraft, and locations of test sites and launch pads. This also linked with our English topic of biographies and non-chronological reports.

Here are some comments from children in 6W about their Cross Curricular project:

‘I love to do CC projects and I really enjoyed imagining that I was a Russian Spy. I enjoyed finding out what astronauts eat in space and even made some of my own space food.’ - Vidhatri.

‘It was a very interesting project and the fact that we could learn about space and were pretending to be a spy. I think it’s a very good idea as it is entertaining for children and we had lots of fun.Maria

‘It was entertaining learning about the space race and then becoming a Russian spy was amazing. I loved creating the ‘Top Secret’ file because I let my imagination control what I was doing. I had so much fun creating the project.’ - Vlad

‘Every time a new project is introduced; I am very excited of all of the opportunities to be creative. The ‘What if I was a Russian spy’ project has to be one of my all-time favourites.’ - Evaluna