Arun And rother river explorer

83 Pages·2016·21.03 MB·English

Arun And rother river explorer
A curriculum linked resource pAck
for teAchers of key stAges one And two
introduction
Background: About this pack:
This resource pack has been produced by Arun This resource pack will support learning across a range
and Rother Connections – Linking Landscape and of curriculum areas at Key Stages 1 and 2 including
Community – a Heritage Lottery funded project. geography, history, science, maths and English. It
ARC is a landscape-scale project being delivered by brings together a number of resources which have
a partnership made up of the RSPB, Environment been used by different education providers in this
Agency, Sussex Wildlife Trust, South Downs National region in recent years. The idea was to bring these
Park Authority, Natural England, West Sussex County resources into one place and to make it as easy as
Council and the Arun and Rother Rivers Trust. possible for teachers to use the Arun and Rother rivers
Following a year of development work the project was for teaching (both indoors and outside the classroom).
awarded over £1.1 million by the Heritage Lottery The ‘rivers mind map’ (page 4) demonstrates the
Fund (HLF) in July 2013 for a three year £2 million wealth of learning that rivers offer and a handy links
programme of work. page signposts how each of the resources link to the
curriculum (page 3).
One of the key aims of the project is to encourage
greater appreciation of the Arun and Rother rivers and The pack is accompanied by a series of case studies
their surrounding landscapes. Our local rivers provide which detail four river locations in West Sussex where
wonderful opportunities for outdoor learning. field trips have been or are being delivered during the
ARC project. Each of these sites has been assessed
“First-hand experiences… can help to make subjects
by experienced field teachers and each case study
more vivid and interesting for pupils and enhance
includes information specific to the site including risk
their understanding… [and] could make an important
assessments and pre and post visit ideas.
contribution to pupils’ future economic wellbeing and
to preparing them for the next stage of their lives.” River field trips are well linked to the curriculum’s
(Ofsted, 2008) requirements for Key Stage 1 and 2 to; “use simple
fieldwork and observational skills to study the
For more information and research about the benefits
geography of their school and the key human and
of outdoor learning the RSPB’s report every child
physical features of its surrounding environment”
outdoors is a great place to start.
and “name and locate...geographical regions and
their identifying human and physical characteristics,
including hills, mountains, cities, rivers, key
topographical features and land-use patterns; and
understand how some of these aspects have changed
over time”.
This resource pack and the accompanying resources
can all be downloaded for free from:
www.arunwesternstreams.org.uk/learning
We hope you enjoy exploring the Arun and Rother
rivers and bringing their wonderful natural and
cultural heritage alive in your teaching.
We welcome your feedback and comments.
Contact: [email protected]
section 1 pAge 1
contents
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1 Introduction 1
2 Cross Curricular Links 3
3 Rivers mind map 4
4 The Arun and Western Streams catchment map 5
5 River Arun facts and figures 6
6 River Rother facts and figures 14
7 Visiting a river 17
8 Example day 24
9 Field Trips 27
10 How to draw a field sketch 29
11 mINIBEASTS
11.1 Discovering wetland minibeasts 31
11.2 minibeast hunting in a river landscape 35
11.3 River kick sampling method 36
11.4 minibeast recording table 40
11.5 minibeast food chain information 42
11.6 Invertebrate photo key 46
12 RIVERS
12.1 River corridor survey key 47
12.2 River corridor survey table 48
12.3 River WOW words 49
12.4 Investigating the speed of a river 50
12.5 Speed of river recording table 53
12.6 River rope activity 54
12.7 River Arun and floodplain photos 56
12.8 River Rother photos 58
12.9 Invasive species 60
12.10 Plant explorer key 63
clAssroom Activities
13 Investigating water clarity 65
14 measuring water use at home 68
15 River diagram 73
16 Cross-section of river and recording sheet 74
17 Further resources 78
glossAry And relAted vocABulAry
18 Important vocabulary 79
19 River vocabulary word search 81
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cross curricular links
section Activity national curriculum links
5 River Arun KS2 History – a local study
facts and figures
6 River Rother KS2 History – a local study
facts and figures
10 Field Sketch KS2 Geography
Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
Use fieldwork to observe, record
KS2 Art and Design – to improve mastery of art techniques
including drawing with a range of materials e.g. pencil
11/11.3 minibeasts and KS2 Geography
kick sampling Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
Use fieldwork to observe, record
KS2 Science Lower and Upper KS2 Working Scientifically
Yr 4 Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans (food chains)
Yr 6 Living things and their habitats
12.1 River corridor survey KS2 Geography
Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
Use fieldwork to observe, record
Use symbols and key to build knowledge
Human and Physical Geography
Describe and understand key aspects of
– physical geography including rivers
– human geography including types of settlement and land use
12.3 River WOW Words KS2 English
Lower and Upper KS2 Writing – Vocabulary and Composition
12.4 Investigating the KS2 Geography
Speed of a River Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
Use fieldwork to observe, record
KS2 maths
Yr 3 measurement – measure lengths, record and compare time
Yr 5 Statistics – complete, read and interpret information in tables
Yr 6 Statistics – calculate and interpret the mean as an average
12.6 River Rope Activity KS2 Geography
Human and Physical Geography
Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography including rivers
13 Water Clarity KS2 Geography
Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
Use fieldwork to observe, record
KS2 Science Lower and Upper KS2 Working Scientifically
14 measuring water KS2 mathematics and Science
use at home
17 Cross-section of river KS2 mathematics and Science
and recording sheet
Case Studies Links will be as above for the selected activities for each Case Study, and also:
KS2 Geography
Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
Use maps to describe features studied
Use symbols and key to build knowledge
KS2 Science
Guidance: Pupils should explore examples of human impact
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make many hammer ponds
all around Slaugham and
mannings Heath. They were
made by damming the river
which created ponds used for
cooling the molten iron. Leats
(sluiced streams) diverted
from the hammer ponds
provided power to drive the
water wheels for bellows and
forging hammers.
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