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WINTER 2008
paid tribute to the work of the VCH ‘Scarsdale Local History Fair’ in
and the EPE project in Derbyshire. Chesterfield’s Winding Wheel.
The authors, Philip Riden and
Dudley Fowkes, thanked volunteers Largely sponsored by the EPE
for their input into the publication, project, the event was opened by
along with the numerous the Deputy Major of Chesterfield,
practical and online material which all the completed projects, and are
encourages the creative use of local currently being edited for upload to
history in schools. The educational the Schools Learning Zone.
materials are outputs from exciting
projects run with schools in the
participating counties.
Cornwall resources used across the county by Coral Pepper, EPE Education Consultant
provided research material for trips to wayside crosses and church
The religious history project © Geoff Hitchens
their use. The unit supports the buildings. This transistion pack is
transition for pupils moving between now being used by schools around
primary and secondary schools. the county.
The pilot involved pupils of Mounts
Bay School who studied the
Jewish settlement in Penzance and
fishing in Mounts Bay. They made
presentations to governors, visitors
Cornwall is running two school and their peers.
projects. The first, completed with
Cornwall County Council project, Our Religious History schools’
‘Sense of Place’, is entitled ‘Comings project, culminating in a magnificent
and Goings; Mounts Bay’. It looks pilgrimage to St Michael’s Mount,
at the way the ports of Mousehole focused on the life of the saints and
and Newlyn have developed over early Christianity in the county. The Pupils of Ledbury Primary School,
time, and gives pupils the chance to content was agreed by the author Herefordshire, explored the lives of Tudor
share their own ideas for a port of of Cornwall and the Cross, Professor rich and poor. This included an architectural
the future. Nicholas Orme, and our partner on tour of the town, the oppportunity to view
original wills, write with quills and ink and
this project, Advanced Skills Teacher,
build with wattle and daub.
Working with ‘Sense of Place’ was John Welham.
timely as they had just launched a
transition pack based in Falmouth During the pilot, pupils of Camborne The Schools Learning Zone will be launched
and had been asked for something Science & Community College and in January 2009 and resources will be added
similar by a secondary school St Meriadoc Primary School studied throughout the year. Visit our website
in Penwith. The author of our the life of Cornish Saints, pilgrimages www.EnglandsPastforEveryone.org.uk/Schools or
Penwith book, Dr Joanna Mattingly, and local churches, making field email learning@epe.org.uk for further details.
Skye’s workshop
It’s been a busy few months for
education events. In October Skye
attended the ‘Learning Outside
The next book in the EPE paperback legacy of papers, pictures and the Classroom’ conference hosted
series was profiled at an event architectural drawings. The book’s by the Department of Children,
hosted by the Society of Antiquaries author, Jayne Kirk has pieced these Schools and Families in Greenwich,
of London this month. together to uncover aspects of London. EPE is a supporter of the
Parham’s history that have never Learning Outside the Classroom
Due to be launched in Spring 2009, before been commited to paper. manifesto and is a member of the
Parham: an Elizabethan House and LOtC Heritage Sector Partnership.
its Restoration tells the story of the Jayne spoke about her experiences For further details on their work visit
house and the three families that researching the book, including www.lotc.org.uk
owned it for more than 400 years. crawling over the interior and
It has been transformed many times exterior of the roof, and the In November Skye delivered
according to the individual tastes, excitement of finding the original a workshop at the Geography
aspirations and personalities of those architect’s drawings in unexpected Association and History Association
who inherited it. Each generation places. Joint Primary Conference in Leeds.
has left its mark and an extraordinary Skye presented the EPE school
projects and provided guidance on
planning and running similar projects.
Volunteer case study: Odette Buchanan, Kent The conference papers will soon be
viewing. It took several goes and available online at
www.geography.org.uk/events/gahaconference
two very patient archivists before I
Odette Buchanan, Kent volunteer