Welcome to the online Pontypool educational resource pack
This is a free cross – curricular educational resource pack to support Key Stage Two by exploring Pontypool Town and its history. Before you start, we suggest you continue to read this page and browse through the remainder of the site in order to decide how you can best implement this resource within your own curriculum needs.
The aim of this resource is to:
- Encourage children and communities to learn about, and enjoy the local town of Pontypool and to make a positive contribution to the community.
- Help strengthen community ties and interest in Pontypool as a town for students living near Pontypool.
- Introduce Pontypool as an area of cultural interest to the rest of the world.
- Encourage people to learn about and be inspired by their local heritage.
- To develop children’s creativity and ICT skills.
The Education Resources
This Education resource has been designed for use by primary school teachers for Key stage 2, however some activities will be appropriate for Foundation Phase, and Key Stage 3 and 4.
All activities are linked in with the National Curriculum and all teaching requirements, and cover a number of key curriculum areas as well as all the key skill areas.
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Science
- History
- Geography
- Art and design
- Mathematics
- ICT
- Curriculum Cymraig.
For details on the individual curriculum links, please refer to the individual module teachers guides.
How to use this resource pack
This pack has been designed to be a flexible, easy to use, enjoyable resource for both teachers and Pupils. This guide is not prescriptive, or exhaustive. Each section is designed to be either a self contained module, or can be used as part of a larger project on Pontypool. Each activity builds on previous activities to increase understanding of the heritage of Pontypool.
The pack offers suggestions, activities and resources for lessons and projects. They can be activities within their own right, or can be used as part of a module, or a town wide project that could last a number of weeks.
There are 6 modules which are suggested in the following order.
Pontypool Education Resource Guidance Example
On each page you’ll find download forms similar to this one which will contain the ‘Teachers Guide’ for the segment and accompanying resources and worksheets.
Each module is then split into different focus areas called exercises, with each exercise containing several suggested activities.
Each activity is broken down in the following format.
Suggested Activity 1.1 TITLE.
Description of activity.
Resources needed:
Website area:
Resource Downloads:
Optional Worksheets:
Additional resources needed:
Key Questions:
All resources will be hosted online on this website.
All resources are free to use, and can be downloaded or used online.
The website
This website is one of the key resources to be used, as a central resource, and should provide all the information needed in the classroom. We suggest teachers browse the website before starting to teach the classroom activities.
The website offers lots of materials about Pontypool town, and its surrounding areas. In each area you will find the worksheets, guides and online resources.
We hope you enjoy using this education resource, and you find it very useful.
The Digital Trails App and online resources
Alongside the teachers resource is an app that can be downloadable onto any mobile. It is free and contains trails in and around Pontypool that will help you deliver the onsite teaching. There are also several games that can be used as teaching aids.
Acknowledgments
With thanks to the following for supporting the development of this educational resource.
ERDF
Heritage Lottery Fund
Torfaen County Borough Council
Torfaen Museum Trust
Ordinance Survey
Gwent Archives
Woodland Trust
The Guardian
We hope you enjoy using the digital educational resource. All feedback will be greatly appreciated. Please find an evaluation form at the end of each module.