Follow up Ideas Using the Wellington Trust Web Site

Follow up ideas using The Wellington Trust web site.

LITERACY Encouraging pupils to read the sea poems

Ask pupils to find out the names of different types of ships mentioned in the various poems on the web site.

Look for other poems about the sea.

Use three words to describe what they felt, heard or saw when they were aboard ship. Write a simple poem about being at sea.

ART AND DESIGN Making Personal Flags or Shields (Using the MasterMariners Shield on the web site)

Look at the shield of the Master Mariners. Find out what the various symbols mean.

Create the base shape of a shield.. Then divide the shield into four sections. Ask the children to put four different pictures on to the shield that has something to do with them. e.g Hobbies, First letter of name, Pets. Then each child will have a coat of arms to take home or to put on display

GEOGRAPHY Map work

Pupils can use the web site and an atlas to look at the different routes HMS Wellington used on her different voyages..

Plot them on a World map.

Plot any holiday routes that pupils may have used.

How did they travel?

Resources

This is a photograph of HayesWharf, once the “larder of London”.

Ask pupils to think about their favourite meals. Let them chose one.

Draw it on a paper plate. Label each item.

Where do the ingredients come from? How do they get to the U.K.?

MATHS Measuring

Mathematics at sea is very important. Can your pupils think why?

There are many measuring instruments aboard the Wellington.

Ask pupils to research some of these specialist instruments.

How did they work and what measurements did/do they use?

MUSIC Music Appreciation and singing

There are many pieces of music written about the sea in all its moods. Chose two pieces for pupils to hear, contrasting the sea, one reflecting a peaceful sea/ocean and the other an angry sea/ocean.

Ask pupils to create sound pictures using simple musical instruments.

Teach the children a sea shanty. Discuss why they were so effective.

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Problem solving and design

Set the pupils the problem.

A small item (cargo) must be transported safely across the sea (a sink of water.)

Pupils working in small groups have a number of resources and must describe the process and create a successful ship to transport their cargo.

HISTORY Research skills - Historic ships , history and heritage

There are many ships which have had an impact on history and heritage.

This is a photograph of HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship in Portsmouth dock yard, but there are many ships that pupils could chose to research. The Cutty Sark, The Mary Rose, the SS Great Britain, the Royal Yacht Britannia are just some of the ships which have fascinating and exciting stories for pupils to discover.

On the Wellington Trust web site and on board we have briefly told students the story of our ship - HMS Wellington.

Pupils could also do further research into the extraordinary history of this very special ship. HMS/ HQS WELLINGTON