Please note that all of the photographs, drawings, models, feedback and the trail was done by our children :)
50 children from our Playscheme summer club (aged 4-12 years old) took part in creating the 'Tuebrook Heritage Trail' this summer. The activity was kindly funded by Carillion plc and aimed to engage our young people in the heritage of our local area. We started the activity by visiting the Museum of Liverpool. We went on the Old Dock tour to visit some hidden heritage and find out how heritage sites are presented to visitors. We then did 'Winnie's Trail' around the Museum of Liverpool where we looked for information and clues. We also enjoyed an ice cream on the Pier Head! We asked the children for feedback so we could ensure the 'walkabouts' we had planned were interesting and enjoyable. We asked the children 'What did today make you think about?' and replies included: History (most popular answer), boats, being outside, how good Liverpool is, that the teachers are lovely, about the past, where did the giant anchor come from? (!), bricks. We asked the children 'What did today make you feel?' and replies included: Happy (most popular answer), educated, hyper (!), I love ice cream, excited, I like playing. We asked the children 'What did today make you want to do next?' and replies included: Play (most popular answer), have more ice cream, go to the cinema, run around, explore, go on a boat (also a popular answer!), touch the bricks (Old Dock), art, go into the past and see history happen. We went on our first 'walkabout' to Newsham Park, a grade II listed park with a number of places/buildings of historic interest. We sat to sketch the former Seamans Orphanage and discussed potential new uses for this vacant building. Suggestions included: Haunted hotel, hotel, museum (with a dinosaur or viking theme), hospital, pirate themed hotel, cinema, playroom full of bouncy castles. We then visited the bandstand and the fountains. On our next 'walkabout' we visited the former Lister Drive Library (our future home!), the site of the former school and the former swimming baths, now Lister Drive Fisheries and Pet Store. This enabled us to look at a historic building that has a new use, a place that was once historical but is now gone and an abandoned building that has a future. We also spent time doing desk based research, putting the trail up on the wall to display and model making. The purpose of making models was to showcase new uses for some of the derelict historic buildings and spaces we visited in the area. We split into teams and we gave ourselves 45 minutes to create models which we then presented to the group-we told everyone what we had designed and why. With the former orphanage in mind the teams created: An indoor football pitch because we like playing football, a delivery box, a human sized rocket (so we can fly to the Milky Way), a princess castle (because we like Frozen and dressing up), a fairy house (for fairies to live in) and an indoor trampoline park with soft play areas and foam pits (so we can chill out). We asked the children for feedback about the model making activity and they gave the following answers: 'What did the activity make you think about?' My family, happy, lots of ideas, space (!), football, fairies. 'What did the activity make you feel?' Creative, happy (almost every child said happy). 'What did the activity make you want to do?' Play, fly, play football, make things (most popular answer). We had an unveiling and presentation ceremony at Lister Steps so the children could show staff their trail display. We also gave each child a certificate of appreciation and a small bag of sweets. We informally asked the children who had taken part in a number of the sessions to give feedback on what they had enjoyed or not enjoyed. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive. They enjoyed: Going on trips, walking around, playing outside, building models, learning about history and the museum trip. One child said they were bored on the bus journey into town, a number of children said that next time we go on a trip they would like it to be on a boat and one child said they were sad not to be able to visit the former library building because it is closed. These are comments we can apply to future activities!
Please note that all of the photographs, drawings, models, feedback and the trail was done by our children :)
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As part of the Tuebrook Heritage Trail activity (kindly funded by Carillion) our Playscheme have visited the Old Dock, the Museum of Liverpool and taken part in 'walkabouts' in Tuebrook to identify places to include on the trail. We continue to work on identifying places to include on the trail and we have a model making session and another walkabout planned. Here are some of the pictures the children have taken of our adventures so far. |
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