Holocaust Survivor Fay Healey - Comprehension Year 4

Fay Healey was the lollipop lady at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School for twenty years, while she safely saw hundreds of children across the road, Fay carried with her an extraordinary story of survival and triumph. This is a comprehension exercise that introduces the theme of holocaust and discrimination in an entire child friendly and age appropriate manner.

The brief biography of Fay’s life includes her journey from Poland to England on the Kindertransport, settling in Liverpool and later her marriage, as well as the next generation of children.

It include the text of Fay’s life and three levels of differentiated questions.

*** Fay Healey text - brief biography **

• Higher attaining - 6 questions with extension task to write a diary entry as Fay on the Kindertransport to demonstrate empathy.
  *** Middle attaining** - 5 questions - no extension
• **Lower attaining **- 5 questions with scaffolded sentence structure to help form the answers.