Preston Park, Brighton.

1. Preston Park, Brighton. Our Inspiring Siteof Learning. GemimaMackney0808321, Genevieve de Lucia 0906451 , Lisa Sanford 0809571, Lindsey Glover 0904520, Rebecca Snowdon 0906317, RebekahSage 0906353.

2. Introduction A day trip to Preston Park Year six children participate in aday of team building and citizenship focused activities Create a reflective environment, used to support Art, DT and Music lessons in class. Outcome is a citizenship song created by the children. Reflective of their time in primary school. CD in a homemade CD box, created in DT and decorated to reflect their day at the park. The trip isdesigned to inspire children to create this end product and learn actively in an outdoor environment.

3. Timetable for the day. • 8.50 Register and admin/instructions • 9.00 Board the coach • 9.30 Arrive at Preston Park • 9.40 – 10.30 Team game of rounders

4. 10.30 – 11.00 Group reflection & refreshment • 11.00 – 12.00 Nature Scavenger Hunt • 12.00 – 12.45 Shared picnic lunch • 12.45 – 13.15 Group Sketching

5. 13.40 Instruments • 14.10 Singing • 14.30 Tidy up time • 14.45 Board coach & take register • 15.25 Arrive back at Patchmill Primary

6. Risk Assessment Sun exposure - sun hats, water, sun cream, cool clothing, shade. Lost children – ‘Stop and Listen’, small groups ‘Responsible Adult’, regular registers, behaviour contract, ‘Buddies’, high visibility tabards, visual perimeter. Behavioural, physical and medical issues - supervision of teacher, behaviour contract, parents as helpers, access to medication, responsible buddy, list of allergies, emergency contact details. Parent helpers -– information pack, map, timetable, register, activities, induction meeting, introduction to class. Bites and stings - alert children, insect repellent, sting relief and medication. • Preliminary visit to the site. • Reducing the risks. • Link to the Risk Assessment & Rationale • http://gendeluciaictportfolio.wikispaces.com/Foundation+Studies+-+Inspirational+place+of+learning

7. Cross curricular links Preston Park as an area for learning. The structure of the activities. Citizenship and English

8. How the park inspired the music lessons. • Series of three lessons required to build up to creating the citizenship song • Rhythm Lesson • Lyrics Lesson • Melody Lesson • National • Curriculum links

9. How the park visit inspired DT lessons. • Learning Intention is to create a CD box to house the finished CD of their song • Introduction - Discuss boxes and packaging. • Research and design a CD case . • Create their own CD case

10. How the park inspired the art lessons • Two 2 ½ hours sessions • End result is a completed front cover design for the children’s CD cases incorporating sketches from the class trip. • First session includes learning techniques to create interesting patterns, • Second session allows children to decorate their CD cases. • focus of the CD case is the sketch drawn on the class trip. • Other resources used to colour and add background. • The finished product!

11. Bibliography • Bennett, H (2010), School Trips: all aboard. New2Teaching, Spring 2010 edition. ATL • DfEE & QCA (1999), The National Curriculum:Handbook for Primary Teachers in England. London:HMSO • DfES (2006), Learning Outside the Classroom:Manifesto. Nottingham:Crown • http://gendeluciaictportfolio.wikispaces.com/Foundation+Studies+-+Inspirational+place+of+learning • www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1001375 • www.BookMyCoach.com