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LEARNING BOXA TEACHER’S RESOURCE

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Blaenavon’s Industrial landscape became a World Heritage Site in December 2000. It is a landscape shaped by human hand, dating from the early days of the Industrial Revolution - a significant stage in human evolution, when the iron and coal industries of South Wales were of global importance.

The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is an important place of study of the Industrial Revolution and is an ideal venue for schools studying changes in people’s daily lives in the 19th century and changes that happened in Wales, Britain and the wider world between 1760 and 1914. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is also an excellent case-study for students of urban decline and economic regeneration.

The Blaenavon World Heritage Site now boasts three visitor attractions which offer full time, dedicated educational services to schools, colleges and adult learners – Blaenavon World Heritage Centre, Blaenavon Ironworks and Big Pit: National Coal Museum.

The Blaenavon World Heritage Centre was established to provide a focal reference point to the area’s rich industrial legacy, telling the story of the people who have shaped this landscape from the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution to the present day using a range of media including film, audio, graphics and interactive displays.

LEARNING AT THE BLAENAVON WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE AND BLAENAVON IRONWORKS

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The Learning Box has been devised by Torfaen County Borough Council in collaboration with Cadw who are responsible for Blaenavon Ironworks. It consists of a range of educational resources suitable for all key stages covering the curriculum subjects of history, geography and design & technology that will provide structure for visits to key sites and support for preparatory and follow-up classroom studies. This resource is also available to download on the Blaenavon World Heritage Site website (www.visitblaenavon.co.uk) and the National Grid for Learning Cymru (www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk). The learning box has been designed so that it can be revised and updated to keep pace with curriculum developments and new educational resources for the area.

Self-led visits to explore the Blaenavon World Heritage Centre and Blaenavon Ironworks are free of charge. However in order to get the most out of your visit, we would strongly recommend that you take advantage of a range of complementary services which we offer. These include:

• 19thcenturydiscoveryday:CadwandBlaenavonWorldHeritageCentreofferafacilitatedwhole day of activities based on a two-centre visit to the Ironworks and Heritage Centre. (Suitable for Key Stage 2) Please see pages 6 and 10.

• Hands-on,objectstudyworkshopsbasedattheBlaenavonWorldHeritageCentreusinghistoricartefacts and replica items. Periods include Tudor, 18th and 19th centuries, World War II, 1950s, 60s and 70s. Themes include toys and games, school, coal mining, domestic and household. These activities are suitable for Foundation Phase and Key Stage 2. Please see page 7.

• Storytellingsessionscanalsobeprovidedbycostumedinterpretersbasedonachoiceof12historic characters who have worked and lived in Blaenavon. (Suitable for Foundation Phase and Key Stage 2) Please see page 8.

• Guided,investigativewalksaroundthehistorictownofBlaenavonandIndustrialLandscapeusing buildings, historic photographs and maps to discuss changes in the 19th century. (Suitable for Key Stage 2 & Key Stage 3) Please see page 7.

A fee may be payable for these additional services. Please refer to enclosed price list or refer to www.visitblaenavon.co.uk for current charges.

THE LEARNING BOX


The Blaenavon World Heritage Centre is situated within the former St. Peter’s Church School which was founded in 1816 by Sarah Hopkins to provide free education for children whose parents worked for the Blaenavon Ironworks.

Following a period of disuse, the building was extensively renovated by Torfaen County Borough Council to create the UK’s first interpretation centre devoted to a World Heritage Site. The quality of the refurbishment has been recognised by a Royal Institute of British Architects’ Award.

Like its historic predecessor, learning lies at the very heart of the World Heritage Centre - its interpretative content was designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum. The centre’s interpretative layout was overseen by leaders in exhibition design and its content was developed over a two year period as a product of painstaking research and consultation with teachers.

Narratives are delivered through the words of historical characters so that students can gain an insight into the daily lives of ordinary people and understand the changes that they experienced during the 19th century.

Touch-screen Interactives

The centre piece of the centre’s exhibition space consists of eight touch-screen stations, each providing opportunities for students to explore six topics including living and working conditions during the 19th century, transport, the making of iron, geology and World Heritage.

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For the topic of living conditions, students can investigate a week in the life of a child in the 19th century recounted as a first-person narrative and, compare the contents of an ironworker’s cottage with an ironmaster’s mansion. There is also a ‘living wage’ game where students can try to manage a household budget on an ironworker’s wage.

On 19th century working conditions, students can investigate different jobs carried out by ordinary people during the Industrial Revolution and explore the role of an air-door boy (trapper), a drammer and a young collier in the 19th century. There is also a game where students can spot the dangers in the 19th century workplace.

On the theme of transport, students can compare the changing forms of transport from the days before the building of canals

and railroads through to the 19th century with reference to the routes used to move iron and coal from Blaenavon to Newport.

For the topic of iron making, students can learn about the raw materials that were needed to make iron and discover how a blast furnace worked. They can also investigate how pig iron was refined and watch an animation of the entire iron-making process at Blaenavon.

On the topic of geology, students can find out about how coal and ironstone were formed.

By exploring the theme of World Heritage, students can find out how World Heritage Sites are selected. A game – ‘Where in the World?’ – gives students an opportunity to explore different World Heritage Sites around the globe.



Graphic Panels

Displayed around the walls of the exhibition space are a series of graphic panels set out along a timeline which illustrate the changes that Blaenavon underwent during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Exploration of the wall-mounted displays will help students to develop their chronological awareness and historical knowledge and understanding of this area from the Industrial Revolution up to the present day. Text is written in such a way as to be accessible to a KS2 audience. A dedicated set of topic based pupil worksheets is available to support an exploration of this resource as well as the touch-screen software in order to focus students’ attention.

Audio Stations

Featured within the exhibition space are two audio-stations which provide students with an opportunity to listen to first-hand testimonies by older residents of Blaenavon on various topics. These include: growing up and children’s games in the 1920s and 30s, Sunday schools, St. Peter’s school, housing and living conditions, the 1926 miners’ strike and the town of Blaenavon.

Audio-visual Theatres

The main exhibition area is complemented by two small theatres that feature films of 5 minutes’ duration; one examines the development of Blaenavon’s Industrial Heritage whilst the other, focuses on World

Heritage Sites. Both films contribute to the Curriculum Cymreig and PSE by helping students to understand the factors that have shaped Wales as well as exploring the theme of global citizenship. There are simplified versions of these two films that are more suitable for a KS2 audience available to screen by request.

The Blaenavon film is an excellent introduction to the history and changes that Blaenavon underwent during the Industrial Revolution, transforming South Wales from a rural backwater to one of the leading industrial centres in the World.

The World Heritage film explores the range and diversity of World Heritage sites and explains why sites are selected. It outlines the responsibilities of looking after a World Heritage Site as well as the challenges that such sites face in a changing World.

Discovery Days

The World Heritage Centre in partnership with Cadw is pleased to offer a facilitated 19th century discovery day consisting of a whole day of activities based on a two-centre visit to the Blaenavon Ironworks and Heritage Centre. The Heritage Centre is a two-minute walk from the Ironworks car park; alternatively there is a coach parking area next to the Heritage Centre.

Students spend half the day at the Ironworks exploring the site with costumed interpreters and undertaking practical activities designed to enhance pupils’ understanding of 19th



century life, including bed making and comparisons of 19th century grocery items in the company shop with their modern equivalents.

The other half of the day is spent at the Heritage Centre, where pupils can investigate how ordinary people’s lives have changed through the 19th century by exploring touch-screen displays, films and graphic panels arranged as a timeline. Subject to available time, themed object handling workshops using replica artefacts can also be arranged which would complement these investigations.

19th century discovery days must be booked with the World Heritage Centre. Please note that a fee will be payable for these additional services which will be confirmed at the time of booking. Accompanying adults are free of charge with a maximum group size of 30 pupils. The 19th century discovery day is suitable for Key Stage 2.

Object Study Workshops

We are pleased to offer hands-on, object study workshops based at the gallery space in the World Heritage Centre. We have a large collection of historic artefacts and replica items available to schools by prior arrangement as a stand-alone study or used to complement an exploration of the centre’s information resources.

We can cater for historic periods ranging from the Tudor period, 18th and 19th centuries (covering the Industrial Revolution and

Victorian era), through to the 20th century with a focus on World War II (home front) and 1950s, 60s and 70s. Themes include toys and games, school, coal mining, domestic and household.

Hands-on workshops will be facilitated by centre staff. Flexibility is our aim and we are happy to tailor workshops to fit the desired topic and available time. These activities are suitable for Foundation Phase and Key Stage 2.

Guided Walks

We offer guided, investigative walks around the historic town of Blaenavon and Industrial Landscape using buildings, historic photographs and maps to discuss changes during the 19th century. (Suitable for Key Stage 2 & Key Stage 3)



Abraham Harry (18th century collier and small-holder before the establishment of the Blaenavon Ironworks)

Thomas Deakin (from Shropshire, worked underground as a boy before arriving at Blaenavon. He became manager of the company’s iron-ore mines.)

‘Commander’ John Evans (a shadowy figure and leader of the ‘scotch-cattle’ / illegal worker’s union at Blaenavon; actively hostile to the company’s use of blackleg labour)

Margaret Thomas (interviewed in 1842 by Children’s employment commissioner whilst at work as a child. She had previously worked as a drammer underground)

Timothy McCarthy (from Ireland, interviewed in 1842 by Children’s employment commissioner whilst at work filling the iron furnaces with his two sons – all lied about their ages in order to conceal the children’s ages)

Ann Carpenter (originally from West country but in 1863 worked on the iron-ore patches on the mountain above Blaenavon)

William Boswell (from Staffordshire; worked and lived at Garnddyrys Forge for a period of some 40 years and was still employed as a puddler in 1861 aged 70)

Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (self-taught chemist who carried out experiments at Blaenavon which would eventually revolutionise steelmaking and had worldwide implications)

Mary Ann Caddick (accompanied her father, Charles Taylor to Russia as an emigrant worker at Hughesovka but eventually returned to Blaenavon following her parents’ death)

Lewis Browning (a collier and lay-preacher born 1828. He attended St. Peter’s school and wrote the first history of Blaenavon)

Elizabeth Jones (a brick-maker in1863 at Blaenavon – underground work had by this time been denied to women, so many found employment at the local brickworks)

Sarah Hopkins (from Staffordshire and sister to the ironmaster Samuel Hopkins. Sarah had St. Peter’s school built and endowed as a free-school for the workers’ children following her brother’s death)

Storytelling

We offer storytelling sessions provided by costumed interpreters of a wide selection of historic characters who have worked and lived in Blaenavon. These sessions would be suitable for Foundation Phase and Key Stage 2. Please note that a fee will be payable which will be confirmed at the time of booking. The 12 characters available include:



Other Facilities & Contact Information

The upper building within the Heritage Centre is a multi-functional space which features a gallery and large teaching room.

The gallery is used as a temporary exhibition area and flexible study/teaching area for object handling workshops and creative activities. The gallery is also available as a packed lunch eating area.

The teaching room features a digital projector and can be used to view film media which is not available within the main exhibition.

Heritage Centre

The Heritage Centre features its own on-site café which can cater for groups and offers a wide range of refreshments, snacks and light meals. There are toilets on site.

Within the reception space, there is a tourist information office and a gift shop selling a range of pocket-money priced souvenirs.

Dedicated coach drop-off and parking is available opposite the World Heritage Centre which is accessed by means of a pelican crossing.

The Heritage Centre is fully-accessible to visitors with limited physical mobility. Audio-visual media is accompanied by hearing loops and subtitles. All information is available in English and Welsh; French is also available as an option for all audio-visual media and touch-screen interactives.

For educational bookings and enquiries, please contact:

Emyr Morgan on 01495 742336or [email protected]

Blaenavon World Heritage Centre, Church Road, Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9AS

www.visitblaenavon.co.uk

Opening times:

1 April to 30 September: 09.00 - 17.00 Tuesday - Sunday 1 October to 31 March: 09.00 - 16.00 Tuesday - Sunday



Facilities:

• Designatedcoachandcarparkingoppositesite entrance.

• Toiletswithhandwashingfacilitiesonsite

• Visitorcentrewithgiftshop

• Freesitemap&guidetothecottages&company shop

• Freeteacherguide

• EducationDiscoveryRoomwith30large‘puzzle cubes’ and five ‘discovery stations’

• Siteinterpretationwhichincludes:

- five audio posts (information in Welsh and English)

- ten information panels

- exhibition with interactive models and information displays

- fully fitted 1840s ‘truck’ or company shop

- furnished cottages dressed in four periods – the 1790s, 1840s, 1920s and 1940s.

The Education Discovery Room is suitable for groups with up to 30 pupils – five adults are required to supervise activities and to ensure that the interactive stations are used appropriately. It is suggested that small pupil groups move around each station at ten minute intervals. Information and suggestions for ways of using each station are provided to teachers. Please allow one hour for discovery station activities.

The five discovery station activities and themes are:

1. Delving Box - materials (coal, coke, iron ore, limestone, slag, cast iron, wrought iron)

2. What’s in the cupboard? - 1840s food for the rich and poor

3. What’s in my pocket? - 1840s playthings for poor children

4. Who am I? - 1840s hats for rich and poor men, women & children

5. How do we know about history? – lift the floorboards to find out about aspects of the 1840s

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The puzzle cubes can be used as seating for pupils to eat lunch or can be assembled into two large images as a short self-led activity or as a ‘compare and contrast’ teaching resource. There are 12 images in total, two of which can be seen together at any time. Please allow up to 30 minutes for use as a self-led activity and up to 90 minutes as a teaching resource. Teaching ideas are supplied.

To fully understand the importance of Blaenavon Ironworks and to gain an insight into the lives of the people who worked there, we recommend visiting the Blaenavon World Heritage Centre on the same day. The World Heritage Centre is located about two minutes walk from the Blaenavon Ironworks.

Visiting Arrangements:

Self-led school visits to the Blaenavon Ironworks are free of charge but it is essential that booking is made in advance as the site has a limited visitor capacity. We regret that groups arriving without booking may be refused entry. Visits can be self-led by teaching staff or facilitated by professional guides who can be booked and paid for by the school.

If you wish to make use of the education discovery room, it is essential that you indicate this when booking your visit. Please visit the learning and discovery pages of the Cadw website for further information and downloadable booking form (www.cadw.wales.gov.uk).

Blaenavon Ironworks is a sloping site with a variety of surfaces and visitors should wear sensible footwear. Much of the site is outdoors and visitors should wear warm, waterproof clothing. The cottages are small; pupils should visit them in groups of no more than six or seven pupils. Detailed site guidebooks are available either on site or from Cadw Sales: 01443 336092 at a 25% teacher discount only.

For bookings and information on opening times, please contact:

Blaenavon Ironworks on 01495 792615

Blaenavon Ironworks, North Street, Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9RQ

For educational enquiries, please contact:

Adrienne Goodenough on 01443 336142 or [email protected]

www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

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