Young Custodians Wales – Possible Projects
Young Custodians Wales – Possible Projects
Consider how you might use your chosen heritage space to enable learners to discover more about their cultural heritage, using activities both on site and in school / club across different Areas of Learning and Experience.
Maybe with a class, year group, or club you could:
- Research the materials used on the site, where would they have come from and why the location.
- Interpret the site through art, photograph, film, textiles, paintings, music or poetry – See Arts, Crafts & Creativity
- Make a film about your site Filming History and showcase it onPeople’s Collection Wales.
- Storyboard the history of the site, or that of a particular event, or character – using Cadw Comic Art
- Survey the site to develop mathematical skills and understanding of its height, area, and look at defences for strength and angles, and weapons for trajectory. Create a scale plan just as an archaeologist would do.
- Discover and survey the natural environment around the monument – flowers/insects/trees/birds and create a nature map.– draw from resources like those offered by NRW and RSPB and others
- Create a digital flower and other exciting activities and be virtual Young Custodians of Conwy Castle Young custodians of the castle
- What period is your site from? Look at the foods, fashions, medicines, law and punishment and more from your monuments time period.
- Develop a school well-being trail around the site - Maybe there is a spot to listen to nature or appreciate a view, maybe some simple safe physical exercise, or yoga. You will have your own ideas.
Explore our resources for useful information to Learn and Education Packs . And other sources of information and images that may be useful for projects include:
Portal | Visit Wales - for images
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Capture your artistic responses and share them on Peoples Collection Wales and tag us we may pull your images onto our web pages – see Casgliad y Werin Cymru – People’s Collection Wales and our Young Custodians Case Studies and Gallery page
Explore also how you can potentially contribute and support management decisions on a Cadw site, or wider community pieces to further develop a sense of ownership and involvement.