Sea & Gower Key Stage 2 Rhossili to Worm’s Head Education Resource Notes for Teachers Contents Page Information for Teachers 1 How to use this pack 1 Discuss and debate 1 Risk Assessment 1 Equipment List 2 Curriculum Links 2 Cross - curricular work 3 Before you go activities 4 After your visit activities 4 Activities 1. Coastwatch 5 2. Rhossili Shipwrecks 6 3. Worm’s Head 7 4. The Vile 8 5. Tears Point 9 6. Fall Bay - National Trust 10 7. St Mary’s Church 11 8. Recreation 12 The Vile trail leaflet 13 Credits This education pack was written and designed by Audio Trails Ltd (www.audiotrails.co.uk) on behalf of Gower Landscape Partnership. The Gower Landscape Project has received funding through the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-2013, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, and also from the Heritage Lottery Fund under its Landscape Partnership programme. Other funding partners include the City & County of Swansea, Natural Resources Wales and The National Trust. Images were supplied and are copyright of the following individuals and organisations: Audio Trails Ltd © Copyright GGAT HER Charitable Trust © Crown Copyright (2014) Visit Wales National Trust Information for teachers Gower has world-renowned beaches with dramatic scenery, wide tidal ranges and fascinating stories. This part of the Gower app around Rhossili Bay and Worm’s Head explores the theme ‘Sea and Gower’. The trail has seven places of interest. At each one expert soundbites, stories, facts, photographs and information are used to reveal the area’s connection with the sea. There are eight ‘Activity Points’ where text is revealed which engages children in independent learning. How to use this pack This education pack can be used on its own or to complement the Gower app. It contains information and activity ideas at key points along the Rhossili to Worm’s Head trail around the theme of ‘Sea and Gower’. The pack supports curriculum planning, highlighting how the activity suggestions are relevant to a range of learning outcomes in Key Stage 2. There are also additional activities that can be carried out before and after a visit to enrich your topic planning. You may wish to follow the entire trail and carry out the suggested activities at each point of interest. However, the activities can be done in any order and you can take any safe route from one activity to the other. You may want to dip into the pack, picking and choosing particular activities and places along the trail. You may wish to come back on another day to carry out further activities in diferent places along the trail. The activities and app are completely flexible, allowing you to adapt ideas and routes depending on your needs. A route map leaflet is appended to the back of this pack. Discuss and debate At each stop there is an opportunity for children to talk about key issues through discussion and debate. This pack provides guidance on what to talk about at each stop. Risk Assessment Teachers and group leaders are responsible for carrying out their own risk assessments prior to the visit, in accordance with guidance issued by local authorities. We recommend teachers undertake a familiarisation visit in order to write the risk assessment and plan activities before bringing a group on the walk. It is essential a thorough risk assessment is carried out before the trip. Please follow the Countryside Code and consider the impact your visit will have on the environment around you. For further information go to www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk. 1 Equipment List iPads (running iOS7+ and preferably with GPS) with the Gower app downloaded Binoculars and telescopes Writing and drawing materials i.e. clipboard, paper, sketchbook, charcoal, pastels etc Camera / video recorder – one can be found on the iPad Compass – one can be downloaded for free on to your iPad Curriculum Links Geography Programme of Study Skills Locating places, environments and patterns: 1, 2, & 3 Understanding places, environments and processes: 2 & 3 Investigating: 1, 2 & 3 Communicating: 1, 2 & 3 Range Study • living in Wales: their local area and an investigation of at least one aspect of the geography of the whole of Wales, e.g. AONB • living in my world: caring for places and environments and the importance of being a global citizen Carry out • investigations of ‘geography in the news’, topical events and issues in the local area and the wider world • fieldwork to observe and investigate real places and processes Ask and answer questions • How have people afected a place/environment? How can I and others look after this environment? 2 Cross - curricular work The trail around Rhossili Bay to Worm’s Head links naturally to the geography curriculum but there are many ways in which it can support and enrich work in other curriculum areas. In PSE children will be: • Taking an active interest in the world around them • Understanding aspects of the cultural heritage and diversity of Wales • Using ICT safely • Understanding the range of jobs carried out by people in their community • Understanding that our actions have consequences In Maths children In Cwricwlwm Cymreig children will be: will be: • Solving mathematical • Developing and applying their problems knowledge and understanding of • Collecting, using, the cultural, economic, presenting and environmental and historical interpreting data characteristics of Wales In English children will be: • Responding to visual, audio and written material • Speaking and listening in pairs and in groups as well as individually • Gathering information about Rhossili and it’s connection to the sea from a range of sources • Using the visit as a stimuli for various writing projects In ICT children will be: • Using the Gower app on a mobile device independently and collaboratively • Using the app to explore Rhossili and Worm’s Head across a variety of subjects • Communicating with image and sound editing software In Science In Art and Design children will be: children • Stimulated and inspired by the will be: natural environment • Studying • Investigating the natural how some environment materials • Developing their ideas and feelings are formed in a sketchbook 3 Before you go activities After your visit activities Research beach Use the photographs and sketches you made hazards and during your visit to create a map that charts create an eye- your visit and the route you took. catching poster with advice for Research the life of Dylan Thomas, Vernon visitors on how to Watkins, Cyril Gwynn or other Gower poets avoid them. and write a biography of their life and work. The poet Dylan Provide information for visitors and tourists Thomas was inspired by a with a ‘Welcome to Rhossili Bay’ brochure, visit to Worm’s Head. Find out leaflet or poster. what he wrote about it. Debate the impact of tourism on Rhossili Bay. Explore the route you will take to Rhossili What are the benefits and drawbacks? using digital maps. Work out how far away it is and how long it will take you to get there. It is the year 1898 and coconuts have just Research the modes of transport you could washed ashore at Rhossili Bay. Imagine you use to get there and how much each will cost. are a journalist, write a newspaper report about the unusual event and include a catchy Research the process of coastal erosion and headline. the efect it has had on the Gower coast. Find out about landslides that have occurred. How What do the coastwatch team do? Research were they caused? What impact have they their roles and responsibilities. Write a job had? advertisement detailing the personal qualities and skills required to carry out the Research the methods used to prevent job. You could even apply for the job by coastal erosion. Would they work in Gower? writing a formal letter of application in response to the job advertisement. Together Think about an investigation you would like read the letters of application and shortlist to carry out during your visit. E.g. is littering a candidates. Conduct an interview and choose problem here? Is noise a problem here? Is the new class coastwatch team. trafc a problem here? Is tourism a problem here? Research the Gower dialect. Collect words Devise a plan with details of how you will and compile a ‘dialect carry out the investigation during your visit. dictionary’. Can your Carry out the investigation and report your friends and family findings back to the class. add words they know? The Rhossili coastline is famous for its shipwrecks. Research some of them and write a report, fact file or page from a non-fiction text or website. Investigate what is distinctive about the language in Gower. 4 1. Coastwatch To find out more information about the When you get National Coastwatch Institution Worm’s Head back to class use read the app text. the materials you collected to make Discuss: Would you work well in the a journey stick or coastwatch team? What skills would you journey collage to need? remember your walk. The objects should be glued onto a long piece App text and activity of card or bound onto a long stick with diferent coloured wool. The colours English: Developing oral skills by hearing could represent your mood as you walk along diferent people talking. Writing in a range of the trail. forms. English: Choosing and using appropriate If you have an opportunity to do so ask one of vocabulary. Writing in response to a wide the coastwatch team on duty questions about range of stimuli. the jobs they do. If that is not possible write five questions that you would like to ask the As you follow the trail your senses will feed Worm’s Head Coastwatch team and put them you information.