Teachers pack Key Stage Bronze Age Builders Teachers information This programme is for years 3,, 5 and 6 and designed to link directly to the history curriculum. This programme takes place outdoors at our Forest School site and is available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays during term time from February half term until October half term. This programme is only available for a maximum of 35 students per day. Programmes taking place at the Forest School are highly subscribed so please make your booking as far in advance as possible to avoid disappointment. Outline of programme During their visit students will explore Bronze Age life through a range of outdoor, hands on activities led by our Forest School eader at the Forest School site in the grounds. After a group introduction, students will be split into five groups and will rotate through the following activities Hands on Wattle and Daub with mud, straw and manure earn about a traditional Bronze Age round house and build their own dwellings using natural resources and materials on site ake traditional style drinking vessels ake Bronze Age bread dough Prepare the fire for heat, survival, food and protection In the afternoon students will learn more about life in the Bronze Age around the camp fire. The day will end with the students reflecting on their time as Bronze Age builders. Project timing 0am.5pm T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
Important information for your visit This programme will be led by a qualified Forest School practitioner Free coach parking is provided in the main car park. Coaches cannot drop off at the gallery owing to weight restrictions on the Upper Bridge. When arriving please enter through the gate to the left of the Welcome Centre in the main car park The walk from the car park will take approximately 0 minutes. Our Forest School eader will meet you at the gallery. Students will need to be split into five equal groups for the Forest School activities. Please prepare these groups before arrival. Students will need all day supervision and each group will need a supervising adult to support the activities. We suggest a ratio of :6 for groups of 30 Each student will need appropriate outdoor clothing including wellington boots and waterproofs. Students are advised to wear long sleeves and trousers or leggings at all times along with warm clothing in the winter and hats during hot weather. This programme will take place outside in all weather conditions. In the unlikely event of extreme weather, the activities will be cancelled and rescheduled if an indoor alternative cannot be offered. We recommend staff bring a camera to record the activities. Photography is permitted in the grounds, earning Centre and permanent collections. Photography is not permitted in the exhibition galleries. Prior to your visit please make us aware of any students with additional requirements or special needs so we can make all necessary arrangements Goodie bags are available to pre order from the shop. For more information please call 096 6555. earning objectives To engage with nature and interact with the outdoor environment To learn what it might have been like to live in a Bronze Age settlement To gain knowledge of daily tasks during the Bronze Age To gain practical outdoor, survival and problem solving skills To build or create using traditional materials, process and skills earning outcomes Experience of nature and how to interact with the outdoor environment An understanding of daily life in the Bronze Age Developed outdoor and problem solving skills Understanding of traditional materials, processes and skills T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
Timetable 0am 0.5am 0.5am.5am Introduction at the Forest School site Forest School site Students will be split into 5 groups and take part in a series of Bronze Age activities. Each activity will last 5-0 minutes and groups will rotate between them. noon.5pm unch On the West awn or classroom depending on the weather. At the beginning of lunch all students will be taken to the earning Centre to use the toilet facilities..5pm.00pm.00pm.5pm Forest School site Students will continue to rotate through the activities in their groups and finish with a whole class session around the camp fire. Plenary at the Forest School site Students and teachers review their day and reflect upon their time as Bronze Age builders Extension activities Students could create their own Bronze Age settlement back at school using the skills learnt on their visit. They could work together to construct a life size rectangular or round house or make smaller individual buildings to make a model village. Students could explore how Bronze Age people would have coloured wools and cloth to make clothes and textiles. They could make natural dyes back at school experimenting with different vegetables, fruits and plants to see what colours they can create. They could then dye fabric and use this to make their own textile object, a bag or placemat for example. Students could bake their own Bronze Age bread using the recipe provided. They could compare it to modern bread and explore how diet has changed from the Bronze Age to now. 3 T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
Bronze Age Sweet Bread Recipe Time: hour and 0 minutes preparation and cooking time Equipment large mixing bowl Wooden spoon Weighing scales baking tray or tin Tea towel Ingredients 700g of wheatflour 00g-300g of runny honey Pinch of salt 7g of yeast (Bronze age bread would have been unlikely contained yeast) ethod Pour flour into the bowl and make a well in the centre Add salt, yeast and honey to the centre Combine all the ingredients together by pushing flour from the outside into the centre Use your hands to mould the ingredients into a dough and knead well. (if using yeast) Cover bowl with a damp tea towel and leave for 0 minutes to develop. Punch and knead down the dough and shape into a loaf or small rolls Place onto the baking tray or tin and bake for 5-60 minutes on 80.C (depending on the size keep an eye on the cooking time required) T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
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risk assessment ocation Description of Work Art Gallery. Exhibitions, collections and grounds Ref: Severity A = ow = edium 3 = High Probability B = ow = edium 3 = High Overall risk C = A x B Overall risk should be = Hazard(s) Consequence A B C Preventative easures A B C Walk from car/coach park to Gallery. Adverse weather conditions. Uneven surfaces. Trips, falls, sprains Child welfare At all times follow CVHT policy and guidelines for working with children and those with SEN. earning suite rooms have tables and four legged stools. Students may fall off stools. Students will be walking up and down stairs within the buildings carrying clipboards and pencils. Slips, falls, impact injuries. Students will be using clipboards and pencils inside the galleries and in the grounds. (Project specific.) Slips, falls, impact injuries. Students may use scissors in practical sessions. Students may use glue or Bumps and bruises Bumps, bruises, sprains, puncture wounds and cuts Bumps, bruises, sprains, puncture wounds and cuts Cuts Students may ingest glue or Planning and control All learning rooms maintained and materials checked for correct use, kept in a clean and well maintained condition. earning Programmer present throughout activity delivering verbal instruction. Teachers and designated adults to supervise non - programmed activity time. Teachers and designated adults to be responsible for student behavior and discipline at all times. CV learning team to be made aware of any special requirements or access needs. All materials are appropriate for child use and project specific. Non and low toxic art materials are used - suitable for child usage. All learning delivers will be Enhanced CRB checked. All CV learning support staff will be CRB checked. Security staff on site. 6 T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
risk assessment glue sticks. Students may use paints in their work Such as watercolors, poster paint, block paint and acrylic paint. glue sticks. Students may ingest paint. Splashes in eye. First Aid and emergency provision. CV risk assessment sent in advance to all schools. Grounds map to be sent in advance to all visiting schools. Regular tree inspections and surgery undertaken. ife lines at the lake edge. Students may use paper or card based materials for their own art work. Cuts Students may use collage materials from more than one source i.e. shop packaging. Contamination. Paper cuts. Allergic reaction. Students may use air drying clay, which contains nylon fibers. Use of appropriate modeling tools. Ingestion of clay. Ingestion of clay. Cuts, grazes or puncture wounds. Allergic reaction. Students may use mark making materials. Pencils, pastels, chalk, pens, wax crayons and felt tips. Ingestion, puncture wounds and inhalation Allergic reaction unch period Students have lunch in the grounds if the weather permits or in their allocated learning room. Students cross a service road to access the picnic and play area on the West awn. Contact with moving vehicles. Impact injuries, cuts & puncture wounds. 7 T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
risk assessment Traffic Hazard. Grounds Rough ground, unstable or uneven surfaces. Difficult to navigate. Trips, slips, falls or sprains Contact with animals. Birds, insects, plants and pathogenic micro organism. Disease and infection. Allergic reaction. ake with deep water Falling into the water. Drowning 3 5 3 Trees and shrubs Fall of objects from height E.g. branches, pine cones. Projecting low branches. Impact: scratches, bruises and puncture wounds. Eye injuries. Scratches, grazes and cuts. Assessment carried out by: Date of assessment: Date of review: I have read and understood the contents of this document Signature Name Date 8 T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
Forest School activity risk assessment Risk Assessment For Bronze Age Builders Risk being Assessed Forest School site Assessor Vix Powell Date 07 Activity/ Process/ Operation Group within FS site boundary- Activities/exploration *School Groups *Families What are the hazards to health & safety? *Brambles *Nettles *Fungi *ichen *Berries *Ground Flora/Fauna *ow lying branches *Natural ground litter *Foreign litterrubbish/glass bottles *Fallen branches *Sticks *og seats What risks do they pose and to whom? *Tripping/Falling-Injury *Stings *Scratches *Poisoning *Germs *Bites/Stings *Poking/stabbing *Spiking *Cuts/germs/Contamination *Tripping/Falling/Spiking- Splinters *Tripping/Falling/Slipping Risk evel H// H H What precautions have been taken to reduce the risk *Rules and Awareness discussion with the group before each session begins *Visual rules and safety awareness *Safety sweep-cut back accordingly *Rules and Awareness *Safety sweep prior to every session-items removed and disposed accordingly *Safety sweep *Safe use Risk evel Achieved H// What further action is needed to reduce the risk? *Supervision at all times-adults are responsible for their own children at all times *Ongoing verbal reminders when necessary *Family sessions-adults are responsible for their own children at all times *Ongoing visual checks *Practice of safe use with the group 9 T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
Forest School activity risk assessment Wattle & Daub/Withies *ud *Horse manure *Unclean, contaminated, infestation, faeces *As above *Use available soil from CV grounds- checked and prepared pre-session. *Thorough hand washing before eating or drinking * To use horse manure from local farm-checked and prepared pre-session * ud /anure to be stored in container with lid when not in use. *Ongoing supervision *As above *Straw *Straw cuts, entanglement, strangulation *Straw to be kept in designated area Adult support and supervision throughout activity Settlement Construction *Wood-Branches, sticks, rope/string *Scratches, spiking *Splinters *Head/limb injury from banging, trips or falls H *Rules and safety awareness. Demonstration of safe use. One length of string precut per group *Safe practice and support/supervision- Verbal reminders throughout activity Fire ighting *Spread of fire *Hot flames and ash *Smoke inhalation *Burns *Smoke inhalation *Scolding *Fire area checked and preprepared- water, Fire blanket, First Aid equipment. Safety rules and safe practice. Access to area only permitted during activity session-one group at a time. *Appropriate space provided and materials to be kept in designated area *Fire supervised by Forest School leader at all times 0 T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378
Forest School activity risk assessment Clay pot making *Blue rope Ingestion of clay Tools-sticks *Tripping *Falling *Strangulation Choking Cuts-accident/injury *Safety rules and awareness signage at entrance to site. Boundary rope at low and visible height, no excess or loose rope Each child has the same amount supplied for their own use. Adults are responsible for the own children at all times Adult support and supervision throughout activity Signed on behalf of Forest earning *General public access to surrounding areas *Area is close to stream *Area is close to road *Out of boundary area unsupervised/unsafe H CV signage throughout site Adults are responsible for their own children at all times. *ost children *Abduction *Slipping/falling/drowning *Group awareness *Rules *Group stay within boundary at all times *Road traffic accident- *Group awareness Injury/death *Rules *Group stay within boundary at all times Signed on behalf of Client *Adults are responsible for their own children at all times *Adults are responsible for their own children at all times. Date PRINT: Vix Powell PRINT: T 096 65560 Registered Charity No 0378