Summary of Resources and Activities
The table below outlines the activites and resources available. The subject headings link directly to the relevant resources.
This table can also be downloaded and printed (pdf format).
| Subject Select the headings to view the resources for that subject |
Key Stage | Theme | Materials Required (NB: only copies of relevant worksheets, presentations, films and sound files can be obtained from the website. All other materials to be provided by school) |
Self Led Please refer to our risk assessment before undertaking any onsite visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art | KS2 | Exploring Imagery and Symbolism in the headstones | Sketchbooks, pencils, worksheets | Yes - onsite. Explore older gravestones |
| KS2 | Exploring meaning in the language of flowers | Sketchbooks, pencils, worksheets | Yes - onsite. Explore gravestones with floral decoration to decipher their "code" | |
| English | KS2 | Tale of Two Sextons: Creative writing | Worksheets | No - in school activity |
| KS2 | Poems in the stones: creative writing | Worksheets | No - in school activity | |
| KS2 | Stories from the stones: report writing/creating diary entries | Worksheets; | No - in school activity | |
| Secondary English | KS3 | Writing tales of mystery and suspense. | Background information and game worksheets | No - in school activity |
| Geography | KS1/2 | Mapping the cemetery. Map key features found | Blank Map | Yes - onsite |
| KS1 | Map your journey to the cemetery | Blank worksheet | Yes - en route and onsite | |
| KS1/2 | Where I live - draw a map of your area | Blank worksheet | No - in school activity | |
| Secondary Geography | KS3 | Global Connections - investigate where items made in Lye were transported to | Worksheets and access to the internet | No - in school activity |
| KS3 | Mapping the cemetery | Blank map | Yes- 0n site | |
| History | KS2 | Focused study on individuals buried in the cemetery:Lye Citizens, WW1 Soldiers | Information and questions sheets on each person | No - in school activity but could be supported by self-led visit to site to see gravestones of individuals as starter or end of topic |
| KS2 | Using gravestones for historical research | Worksheet | Yes - on site and back in the classroom | |
| Secondary History | KS3 | Using Cemeteries as sources. Source material exploring newspaper reports of WW1 soldiers and linked activities. | Information and worksheets | No - class based activity |
| Maths | KS2 | Geometry Actvities: 2D & 3D shapes, shape trail, pattern, symmetry and tesselation activities. | Worksheets, notebooks, pencils | Yes - onsite |
| KS2 | Measurement Activities: A Parking problem - working out space and area, measuring area and perimeter, understanding Roman Numerals on a clock face | Worksheets, notebooks, pencils | Yes - onsite with follow up in the classroom | |
| KS2 | Number Activities: Working out quantity and ages of people when they died from gravestones evidence - averages | Worksheets, notebooks, pencils | Yes - onsite with follow up in the classroom | |
| Secondary Maths | KS3 | Getting Organised - collecting, recording and interpreting data | Information and worksheets | No - class based activity |
| Music | KS2 | Exploring and composing folk songs for the area | Sound files and worksheets | No - class based activities |
| RE, Citizenship, PHSE | KS2 | Debate the future of historic buildings, how does the site work and who works there, Christian and Muslim funeral traditions, traditions in your families, what happens at a wedding | Film of the wedding, worksheets for each activity, presentation on who works at the site | No - class based activities |
| Science | KS1/2 | All living things and their habitats - a selection of exploration activities: Alive or Dead, Animal Detectives, Classify Me, Minibeast Manouveres, Creature Clues, Happy Homes, Night and Day | Worksheets, clipboards and pencils | Yes - onsite. Around trees, grass etc. |
| KS1/2 | Everyday materials and their uses | Worksheet | Yes - onsite or in the classroom | |
| KS1/2 | Light - exploring shadows | Worksheet, clipboard, pencil, tape measure | Yes - onsite | |
| KS1/2 | Plants and trees - exploring plants and trees at the cemetery | Worksheets, clipboard, pencils, site map | Yes - onsite | |
| KS1/2 | Rocks - explore rocks used for gravestones and think about why | Worksheets, clipboard, pencils, site map | Yes - onsite | |
| KS1/2 | Seasonal changes - what are the effects of the seasons on the site? | Worksheets | No - in the classroom | |
| Secondary Science | KS3 | Which gravestones survive - exploring materials | Worksheets, clipboard, pencils | Yes - onsite but could be followed up by own class based experiments |
