The Sarehole Mop. A role play event to support a study of Victorian Britain at KS2. Children come in 19th century costume and learn the trades of milling, baking and corn-dolly making while a drama unfolds around them at the mill. The session lasts for two hours and can accommodate 2 classes (max 64 pupils) at one time. (For schools with a three-form intake, the third class can double up with another school) The event is held in the Autumn and Summer Terms.
Supports National Curriculum History at KS2- "Victorian Britain"
Forces, Gears, Levers and
pulleys.
A session supporting Science and Technology at KS2. Pupils investigate
the use of gears, levers and pulleys in the real life context of a working
watermill with interactive models and computer simulations to help their
understanding. A digital camera is available to record information for
use back at school.
Supports National
Curriculum Science at KS2 Sc4 Physical Processes - "Forces and motion"
Buildings, Structures and Materials
Learn how such materials as clay, wood, glass, metal and stone were used at Sarehole Mill. Compare materials used in the past with those available today. See how walls, roofs and timber frames were built. Record investigations with a digital camera. Combine literacy and IT skills to insert captions, labels and notes on the digital images. Take a disk back to school with the information on it for follow up work/display.
Supports Science/Technology/IT at KS1/2
River Study
Start in Sarehole Mill to learn how people in the past have used rivers and the water cycle to provide energy to produce food and other goods. Spend the second hour of the session investigating the River Cole and identifying river features. Record your investigation with a digital camera. Follow up your visit by using the Schools Liaison web pages to extend your work on rivers.
Supports QCA Geography - Unit 14 Investigating Rivers or Unit 11 - Water
Investigating around Sarehole Mill
Practice orienteering, using a compass, using maps of different scales, using aerial photographs and using co-ordinates to investigate the Mill and River Cole. Investigate changing land use by examining and comparing old maps.
Supports Geography QCA Unit 6 - Investigating our local area.
The Little Red Hen Goes to Sarehole Mill
Specially designed for Key Stage One, this session takes the traditional
tale of the Little Red Hen and adapts it within the context of Sarehole
Mill. Children follow the process of bread making from the planting of
the seed to the finished loaf, helping the Little Red Hen to find all
the things needed. An illustrated booklet is included for class reading.
Supports Literacy Text Level Work from Reception
to Y2 (e.g.: Traditional Tales stories with repetitive patterns; language
of time)
Bread
How Flour is made
and baked into bread in a water mill. How millstones work, how they are
turned by water power. How flour and bran are separated. How wheat was
grown and processed in the 19th Century.How bread is baked in a wood burning
oven.
Supports QCA Design and Technology Unit 5B Bread.
