Year 10 Project

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St Mary’s College June 2020

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CHOOSE YOUR TASKS Derry Art To create a project you can choose between 4-6 tasks from this 03 booklet. Complete them all or add your own ideas as well. We want you to be as creative as possible. 05 Drama Derry TIME Skit  You will have 2 weeks to complete your project  Beginning on Monday 8th June 2020 06 English  Ending on Friday 19th June 2020 Journalism PRESENTATION 08 Geography  You can complete your project on paper, handwritten, it can be Postcard done on a device / computer, or you can take photographs.  Mark clearly all your work with your name and form class.

nd Heritage  We would like you to send us your work before Monday 22 June 2020. 09 Tourism Brochure HANDING IN YOUR PROJECT  Mark clearly all your work with your name and form class Maths - Derry  We would prefer you to email us your work, you can send it to 11 Population us at: [email protected] Change  You can leave in your work to school (boxes will be provided for contactless delivery)

Music – Create 13 a concert for a AWARD WINNERS Derry Musician  There will be certificates and prizes awarded in each year group for excellence, creativity, effort and dedication. Good

Luck and Enjoy! RE Prayer to St 14 2 Columba

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Aim: Create a piece of art based on a part of our city that brings you happiness.

Materials: Whatever materials you have to hand.

In this activity, we’d like you to create a piece of artwork based on a part of our city that brings you happiness. For example, this place could be a library, your favourite shop, the place where you meet up with friends. It could be the home of your favourite person, the place where you walk your dog or even an outdoor space. If you’re happy there, have great memories of the place and it’s located within the city then we want to see it! There are no limits to the materials or colours you can use to create your artwork, just use whatever you can find. This might be pencils and paper, paints, clay, LEGO, a camera, whatever you want. Be creative, have fun and we’re looking forward to seeing all your favourite places. Look at the examples below for ideas.

Things to remember:

 Colour Composition Materials

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Our City Drama Task: Create a Drama ‘skit’ about our City

The difference between ‘a skit’ and a drama performance, is that skit is a short comic performance while drama is a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue. The verb skit means to make fun of. Celebrating our City

What we need to do;  You are going to create a ‘skit’ to celebrate our City.  We need to think of funny things about Derry or funny things that have happened to you.  If you want to do a short monologue (one person speaking about their thoughts and feelings) or a story about Derry – from the past from the present (or comparing the two) or describe the city to a tourist or to someone who doesn’t live here – that is absolutely fine! It would be great to hear any of your stories or adventures! Things you may want to think about:

 Could you rewrite a song to tell people about Derry?  Could you dress up as a character from Derry and talk from their point of view?  What are your favourite parts of the City, what makes Derry special to you?

Drama Ideas Characters the way we talk  Funny things people say  Things that happened during lockdown in Derry the kind of  What makes our city different from informal language we use? other cities  Think about youtube videos and tik E.g. ‘Me head’s fried’

toks you have seen over this time I’m thinking of Derry slang here.

Funny things about our city? Can we do it in pairs small groups? Derry has always been famous for Music, Art and Theatre too! Remember social distancing! And especially the warmth and friendliness One person could start the drama of the people AND the CRAIC! then someone else could reply on a 5 different video

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Year 10 Our City English Task

Task: Write an article for a newspaper or online news site about our city. The article will be based on an interview with someone from, or connected to, Derry. You can decide what you want the article to focus on.

Some ideas include:

-growing up in Derry (interview anyone who grew up in our city)

-the history of Derry or an area within Derry.

-an important building or tourist attraction (if you know someone connected with the Guildhall or The Walls, for example)

-a part of the cultural life of Derry (if you know someone involved in a club, pastime, hobby or sport in the city)

-a business within Derry e.g. if you know someone who is connected with a well- known shop, bakery, fashion label, café, restaurant…

-a Derry artist

-a Derry musician or band

-a Derry charity or charitable project

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Our City Success Criteria:

-You must ask the person you are interviewing at least 10 questions.

-Write a list of questions before you interview him/her.

-The questions should be open questions (questions that begin with ‘who, what when, where, why, how or explain/describe’).

-You will either need to record the interview or make notes while the person is talking.

-Write an introduction explaining who the person is and what he/she has to do with our city.

-Write out the question asked and the person’s answer.

-Write your headline (title) last.

-Include images and check the spelling, grammar and punctuation of your article.

-There is no word limit but the minimum is 500 words.

Help/Examples:

There are excellent examples of this type of interview in the Derry Journal’s ‘Friday’s Child’ feature. Our own Mrs Rice is the subject of one! https://www.derryjournal.com/news/opinion/fridays-child-mrs-roisin-rice-st- marys-college-vice-principal-1374482 https://www.derryjournal.com/news/opinion/fridays-child-carols-reaching- stars-1361063

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Year 10 - Geography Our City

Instructions:  You are going to design a postcard to attract / encourage people to migrate into our fabulous city  Postcard can be A4 size  It can be painted/ coloured in or use the computer

 It must be vibrant bright and colourful Things you might want to include:

 Images and words to show how amazing our city is – a place of opportunity eg Magee University, new medical school, jobs eg Seagate, great restaurants, schools, good housing, Derry Girls, great historical sites eg City walls, Tourist attractions eg Ebrington, Peace bridge, Guildhall, Cathedral, Craft Village, New footbridge in Derry, New regeneration program, Area of investment £210 million

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Our City Heritage Tourism Create a Tourist Brochure or video promoting the unique History of Derry

Instructions:

 You are going to make a brochure or video to encourage visitors to come to Derry because of the unique and vibrant history of our city  Think about ways to sell the special history of Derry and keep your information focused on history and why visitors should know about it and visit. Be creative and use language and images to promote our City and sell its special history as an attraction to visitors.  Things you may want to include – you can choose some of the following or include some ideas of your own. You do not need to include all of these areas or places. These are ideas to help you get started.

History Places to Visit Useful websites Saint Columba The Long Tower http://longtowerchurch.org/our-parish/ Church and the history of https://discovernorthernireland.com/Saint-Columba-Heritage-Centre-Aras-Cholmcille-and- the founding of St-Columba-s-Church-Long-Tower-Londonderry-Derry-P3144/ the Derry https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Columba The Plantation of The Derry Walls http://walledcity400.com/ Ulster and the The Guildhall http://www.thesiegemuseum.org/ building of the The Siege Museum Walled City of Saint Columb’s https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Museums-and-Heritage/Tower- Derry Cathedral Museum/Exhibitions/The-Walled-City-400-Years-Exhibition Tower Museum https://discovernorthernireland.com/St-Columb-s-Cathedral-Londonderry-Derry-P2913/ The Siege of Boom Hall Derry https://www.boomhall.com/ The Famine The Harbour Museum https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/heritage/harbour-museum Famine Memorial in https://discovernorthernireland.com/The-Craft-Village-Londonderry-Derry-P1814/ the City Cemetery http://www.derrycraftvillage.com/ Derry as one of Famine Monument at the most the Derry Quay http://www.steugenescathedral.com/ParishHistory.htm significant Saint Eugene’s https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/heritage/workhouse-museum emigration ports Cathedral in Ireland Workhouse Museum https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-46910115

The legend of Prehen House https://www.yourirish.com/history/18th-century/story-half-hung-macnaghten “Half Hanged Tower Museum McNaghten” WW1 Ebrington Square https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/content/exhibition-brings-war-poet-francis- Nerve Visual Gallery, ledwidge-back-former-derry-barracks

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Our City Poet – Francis Ledwidge Derry and World Magee University War 2 Beechill Camp https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/447/world-war-two-in-derry

-American Naval Springtown Camps https://www.ireland.com/en-gb/articles/derry-ebrington-barracks/ Base - Battle of the https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-32748203 Atlantic - Surrender of Nazi UBoats The Textile Rosemount Factory https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/heritage/shirt-industry Industry and many more https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-31448686/archive-derry-s-shirt- Derry shirt factories factories Bridges Irish Legend of Bran https://www.libraryireland.com/AncientLegendsSuperstitions/Lough-Foyle.php Mac Feabhail https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-40714265 Craigavon Bridge Foyle Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigavon_Bridge Peace Bridge https://www.derryaccommodation.com/craigavon-bridge.htm

https://discovernorthernireland.com/Peace-Bridge-Londonderry-Derry-P23773/

Bloody Sunday Museum of Free Derry https://www.museumoffreederry.org/ and the Troubles Bloody Sunday https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/heritage/murals-derry Memorial Murals Tour https://www.derrystrabane.com/cemeteryrecords City Cemetery Tour Peace Process The Peace Bridge https://www.towermuseumlearning.co.uk/ The Tower Museum http://www.irelands-hidden-gems.com/derry-peace-bridge.html Ebrington Square History of Derry Brandywell Stadium https://www.derrycityfc.net/ City FC Nearby areas of Grianan of Aileach https://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/grianan-of-aileach/73795 interest Doagh Island Famine http://www.doaghfaminevillage.com/ Village Examples: See attached leaflet created by Jodie Lavery.

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Our City Year 10 Maths Project-Population Change in Derry

A report on population change in Derry City from 1911 to 2011

The population of Derry has doubled over the course of the last century from 1921 to 2011. In this project you will look at how and when the population data was collected, create a report complete with statistical diagrams, analyse the data and make a prediction for the population for next year. The next census is due to take place in 2021.

There are three levels to this assignment, Bronze, Silver and Gold. Bronze will be the most basic level and Gold the most challenging. To achieve Gold you must complete all of the Bronze and Silver tasks also. You must conduct research for this project and there are Mathswatch and Corbettmaths video links attached to help you refresh any of the maths you may need help with.

These are the population figures provided by Nisra from the Censuses for the last Century:

Year Population Year Population 1911 40 780 1971 52 205 1926 45 159 1981 63 472 1937 47 813 1991 72 334 1951 50 092 2001 83 652 1961 53 762 2011 81 902

Yes Partially No Success Criteria Checklist Bronze Explained what a census is and how often it is carried out Silver Produced a table of Derry’s population starting from 1921 to 2011 with figures rounded to 2 significant figures (rounded to the nearest 10 000) or Bronze Produced a table with figures rounded to nearest 1000 Produced a range of diagrams, you can draw by hand or use excel: Bronze Bar chart Silver Pie chart Gold Scatter graph and line of best fit Silver Explained what your graphs, charts and diagrams show in relation to the population growth of Derry City Bronze Identified between which successive decades did the population grow the most and by how much. Identified between which successive decades did the population decrease and by how much. Gold Calculated the percentage change in population growth or decay between each census (each decade) and what the overall percentage change from 1921 to 2011 was. Silver Explored and identified reasons for the population growth from 1921 to 2011 and Gold Discussed possible reasons for population decline between censuses. Bronze Made a prediction for the population from the 2021 census based on your research and findings Bronze My work is well presented, shows good organization and creativity. I have included images, colour, tables, diagrams and charts to present the report clearly. I have a title, sub headings and clearly labelled all my tables, graphs and charts.

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Our City Help Sheet

Mathswatch video links https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle/

Topic Clip number Tally charts and Bar Charts 15 Pie Charts 128 Rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 31 Rounding to significant Figures 90 Scattergraphs 129

Corbettmaths video links https://corbettmaths.com/contents/

Topic Video number Bar Charts 147 and 148 Pie Charts 163 Rounding to significant Figures 279a Scattergraphs 165, 166, 167 and 168 Percentage Change 233

Further explanation/guidance on the task Introduction: Your report should begin by explaining that you are researching the growth of Derry City’s population over the last century and explaining what a census is and why it is carried out. Data: Next you should round the population figures so they are easier to work with and present them in a table. Statistical Diagrams: Using the table you have drawn you should then begin constructing your charts and graphs. Inferences: Once you have drawn your charts and graphs, make some inferences about what they show, i.e. what can you tell from looking at your bar chart and other diagrams. Population differences between the decades: The next section of your report is looking at the actual differences in the number of people over the years. For example: The population increased between 19?? and 19?? by ? amount. The population decreased between 1991 and 19?? by ? amount. You want to identify between which decades the population increases and which decade had the biggest growth/difference. It is important that you identify any decades whereby the population decreased as you will hopefully discuss this in subsequent sections. Percentage Growth or Decay between the Decades: The next section, if you choose to do it, will be looking at the percentage change between each decade. For example in 2001 the population was 83 652 and in 2011 it decreased to 81 902. The percentage change will be: 푐ℎ푎푛𝑔푒 83 652−81 902 × 100 = × 100 = 2.092 ~2.1% 푑푒푐푟푒푎푠푒 표푟𝑖𝑔𝑖푛푎푙 푎푚표푢푛푡 83 652 You will then identify, from your calculations, between which successive decades had the greatest percentage change in their population growth or decay. Possible reasons for population growth over the last century: The next section is where you research and explore various reasons for why you think the population has grown so much between 1921 and 2011. Which decade saw the biggest growth? Why this might have been and also where you explore possible reasons why the population has at times decreased. Are people having bigger families or what else could cause such large growth? Prediction for 2021: The final section is where you make an educated prediction of what you think the population of Derry City will be in 2021, you can give an exact figure or round it to the nearest 10 000. Make sure your report is organised, neat and easy to understand. Mrs Kealey and Mrs Rogan will be choosing the winners for the best and most creative projects so ensure that they are able to fully understand your report. Good luck and most of all enjoy it!

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Our City YEAR 10 PROJECT TITLE: [MUSIC PROGRAM] OUR CITY TASK: You are to choose a musician FORMAT: from the city of Derry, past or You can use software such as Microsoft present, and design a program Word, Publisher or by hand should you for an up-coming event or prefer. concert. Your chosen artist will be performing in this event in The program should be in the form of a single the Millennium Form at some page leaflet or in a booklet with more than time in the future. one page. Your choice.

INSTRUCTIONS: Your program should include:  The name of the artist  Background information on the artist.  Their repertoire for the event.  Date and time.  Any other interesting information

Sources: Wide range of online sources are available for this such as YOUTUBE.

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Our City-Religion

Your Task: Compose a prayer to St. Columba.

St. Columba means the “dove of the church” and was born in County Donegal in 520/521. Columba is said to have founded a monastery in Derry in 545. St. Columba (Colmcille) is the patron saint of Derry. In this way, we think and pray to him as someone who can protect us and strengthen the city of Derry.

You can create this on Microsoft Word, or on an A4 page.

Once you have written your prayer, design it and make it beautiful to look at and read.

Some ideas to help you: Think about what you are grateful for. Think about what makes you happy in your city. How faith is an important part of Derry. How we are blessed to have St. Columba as our patron Saint.

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