KEARSNEY PARKS EDUCATION - TEACHERS

Map Makers

© Crown copyright and database rights 2017 Ordnance Survey 100019780 Explore the grounds of Kearsney Abbey, studying the terrain to create maps of the park. Using O orienteering skills, find the highest point of Coxhill Mount – use this vantage point to develop familiarity in interpreting Ordnance Survey maps, supported by directional compass work.

Kearsney Abbey & Russell Gardens

Suitable for KS2 Scale 1:3,814 Date: 23/08/2017

Curriculum areas covered: © Crown copyright and database rights 2017 Ordnance Survey 100019780

Dover District Council Honeywood Close White Cliffs Business Park Whitfield CT16 3PJ

Mathematics Co-ordinates and maps Angles English Art & Design Geography Descriptive Measures Developing mastery Design & Physical Map making and reading Scale writing of techniques History Compass bearings Evaluation Education Know about great Technology Outdoor Continuity and Distance measuring discussions artists and designers Exploring exercise change Settlements Google technology KEARSNEY PARKS EDUCATION - TEACHERS Map Makers

Before your visit: • On reaching the highest point pupils have a pop-up • Using the Kearsney OS maps resource sheet, gallery session, comparing their drawn maps, and look for the old billiard room to find the starting point offering useful observations to each other based on for their coming exploration. the drawing styles and accuracy. • If the school has access to the following Ordnance • Using the Kearsney OS Maps resource sheet, Survey Maps, pupils also compare the information and working in pairs, pupils mark the group’s current available for each scale: position on the OS map. Picking out both local LANDRANGER 179 (SCALE 1:50,000) settlement and landscape features in the distance, EXPLORER 138 (SCALE 1:25,000) pupils check their compass bearings and locate • Using class computers run a search on Google them on the OS map. Draw lines on the map from Maps (also looking at the satellite filter) to find and the camp location to each landmark, including their examine the same location, using the following compass bearing. address: • Guess how far away each landmark is, and then Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens, measure the distances on the map to find out whose Road, Temple , , CT16 3DZ. estimate is closest. Write the measured distances on • In groups, pupils interpret all of the information the directional lines drawn on the map. from the Kearsney OS maps resource sheet • Take time to compare the visual coding of the OS and Google Maps to visualise the landscape that map with the actual landscape, looking at terrain, everyone is about to visit. contours, transport routes, boundary lines and • Pupils write descriptions of how they imagine the landscape features. character of the place to be, sharing their narratives with the rest of the class. After the visit: • The class uses the Internet to research maps drawn Where to go: through the ages and from various well-known stories, • Using the Kearsney OS maps resource sheet, appreciating the range of styles and artistic licence. pupils locate the old billiard room as the start SUGGESTIONS: Map of ‘Narnia’, Map of ‘Mid Earth’, point for their parkland explorations. Collect the Map of ‘Hundred-Acre Wood’ (Pooh Bear), Map of PUPILS’ GREY and RED and TEACHER’S ‘Muggle Town’ (Harry Potter), Map of Treasure Island. BLACK RESOURCE RUCKSACKS to support • Pupils spend time developing their own maps into the expeditions. beautiful artworks, ensuring they maintain their functionality! During the visit: • Explain that for most of Victorian times, Kearsney • The class looks around at the immediate Abbey was the garden of a grand house (for surroundings and discusses how the character of information, see Kearsney matters resource sheets the landscape compares to how everyone imagined 1 and 2). Ask pupils to imagine whom they might have it from the map interpretations at school. met there (real or fictional characters). Pupils use their • Using the Kearsney OS maps resource sheet maps as the basis for a piece of creative writing, with locate the highest point on Coxhill Mount. The characters moving from location to location. This could class takes in as much of the park as possible, in a also be an oral exercise where small groups of pupils meandering exploration, leading to the finishing point each prepare a drama for a different location and watch of the highest viewpoint on Coxhill Mount. each other’s performances (possibly in the actual • As the group travels, take regular pauses to locations, on a return visit to the park). concentrate on constructing detailed maps of the surroundings. This should be as pictorial as possible, with pupils creating their own symbols/images for any landscape features or landmarks encountered (NB. Map drawings may need to stretch over several sheets of paper!). KEARSNEY PARKS EDUCATION - TEACHERS Map Makers

• Use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to Resources during visit: elaborate and explain clearly their understanding and ideas. • Use on-site PUPILS’ GREY & RED RESOURCE • Comprehension (both listening and reading). for clipboards, compasses, rulers, RUCKSACKS • Articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions. binoculars and waterproof mats in case of rain. • Consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to • You will also need the TEACHER’S BLACK and building on contributions of others. for the same items and RESOURCE RUCKSACK • Composition (articulating ideas and structuring them in laminated . Kearsney OS maps resource sheet speech and writing). • School to supply: drawing and writing materials (pencils and paper), printouts of the Kearsney OS map resource sheet. Art & Design • Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences. Curriculum links: • Become proficient in drawing, painting, Art & Design Geography: Developing mastery sculpture and other art, craft and design of techniques Know about great • Collect, analyse and communicate artists and designers techniques. with a range of data gathered through • Evaluate and analyse creative works experiences of fieldwork that deepen using the language of art, craft and design. their understanding of geographical • Know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and Geography processes. understand the historical and cultural development of their Map making and reading Compass bearings Distance measuring art forms. Settlements • Interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photos and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Design & Technology: • Develop the creative, technical and • Communicate geographical information in a variety practical expertise needed to perform of ways, including through maps, numerical and everyday tasks confidently and to quantitative skills and writing at length. Design & Technology participate successfully in an increasingly Exploring Mathematics: Google technology technological world. • Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly Physical Education: Mathematics Co-ordinates and maps complex problems over time, so that Angles • Are physically active for sustained Measures Scale pupils develop conceptual understanding periods of time. and the ability to recall and apply Physical • Lead healthy, active lives. Education knowledge rapidly and accurately. Outdoor exercise • Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using History: mathematical language. • Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and English: consequence, similarity, difference and • Acquire a wide vocabulary, an significance, and use them to make History Continuity and understanding of grammar and knowledge change connections, draw contrasts, analyse of linguistic conventions for reading, trends, frame historically valid questions writing and spoken language. English and create their own structured Descriptive writing • Write clearly, accurately and coherently, Evaluation accounts, including written narratives and analyses. discussions adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. KEARSNEY PARKS EDUCATION - RESOURCE Map Makers OS MAP 1 Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens O Council Honeywood Close White Cliffs Business Park Whitfield DOVER CT16 3PJ ©Crown copyright and database rights 2017 OrdnanceSurvey 100019780 Scale 1:3,814 Kearsney Abbey & Russell Gardens Date: 23/08/2017 KEARSNEY PARKS EDUCATION - RESOURCE Map Makers OS MAP 2 Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens O White Cliffs Business Park Whitfield DOVER CT16 3PJ Honeywood Close Dover District Council © Crown copyright andCrown rights© database 100019780Ordnance 2017 Survey Scale 1:10,165 Kearsney Abbey & Russell Gardens Date: 24/08/2017 KEARSNEY PARKS EDUCATION - RESOURCE Resource Sheet - Kearsney Parks Sketch Map River Paper Mill ruins

River Dour LOWER ROAD LOWER Weir Play Area Pedestrian and Pedestrian emergency vehicle access Boating Lake

Cedar of Lebanon Lime Avenue Lime Ice House Bridge Fountain

Open Air Theatre Toilets

Car Park Cafe Lime Avenue Lime Pedestrian Pedestrian Chalk Area Grassland Mixed Woodland Mixed Pump Kearsney Abbey and vehicle access Folly wall

Mixed Woodland Mixed ALKHAM ROAD ALKHAM Meadow Car Park Pleached Lime Avenue Ornate Brick Pergula Pond

Lilly

Pond

Russell Gardens Russell Kearsney Court Kearsney Ornate Brick Pergula Weir Play Area