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The 2007 Ward Cup Winners (for the 7-11 age group): Stepaside C.P. School, from Carmarthen, Pembrokeshire, West Wales |
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Their Project was titled “The Wonders of the Woodland”. The children involved with this project did many things. They made a list of woodland birds. – Wrote songs and raps about woodland and performed them on stage. – Made Trump cards, using these to compete with others in the class. The cards featured pictures of animals with indications of their strength, speed, intelligence, flight and camouflage; these each being graded by number. – Examined woodland for evidence of the wildlife that lived there. – Wrote down their ideas of what they could do to encourage wildlife to visit and live in their woodland site and around their school. – Made rubbings of tree bark to aid in tree identification. The children carried out research using books and the internet. The judges really liked the team work aspects and also the set class work. They thought the children had done a great job in presenting their activities including their poems and observations, and in illustrating their project so well. |
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Certificate of Merit for the Ward Cup (for the 7-11 age group): Stanford Primary School Wildlife Watch Group, from Stanford-in- the-Vale
Stanford Primary School Wildlife Watch Group, presented with Certificate of Merit by Professor David Bellamy. |
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Their project was titled: “Our Village and Local Countryside”. The reality of how villages grew from the countryside was focussed on after a disastrous fire destroyed a row of thatched cottages in the centre of the village. (All the residents were rescued and no-one was hurt). The group had a chance to see long straw wheat for thatching being grown locally. They learnt about the old craft of thatching at every stage as they watched the cottages being re-thatched and listened to the craftsmen who were carrying out this task. The children – Compared old and new farming methods in the countryside – Investigated local land usage past and present – Made a model of the cottages and wrote a description of the restoration work, and put this up in the church as part of the Flower Festival. – Illustrated the words of old country sayings such as “when the crescent moon is upside down it will catch the rain”! The project came with photographs and newspaper cuttings. The Judges considered that this project had been very well chosen by the Watch leader. The comments in the project and examples of the children’s own work were excellent, and the whole presentation was both colourful and original. |
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