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Westbury Park Local Learning


3 – Using the Downs as a Learning Resource

Aim – to produce schemes of work that are;
  • cross curricular
  • linked to the Downs
  • making use of the local environment
  • tailored to each year group.
Possible activities
  • Research favourite tree (additional link)
  • Write/ tell a tree’s life story (from tree’s perspective)
  • Persuasive writing/speech based on Act of Parliament (1861)
  • Produce a map of the Downs
  • Pick out important items/landmarks (Roman road)
  • A day in the life of a quarryman
  • Putting elements from the Downs into chronological order
  • Changing landscape and climate
  • Art project on Downs illustrating the changes over time
  • Forecast for the future (global warming)