Week 3

                     Trip To Fore Abbey

Before the class trip, the children will will learn about the Historial general background and religious background of Fore so they are informed before they arrive.

 

The Christian monastery at Fore was founded by St Feichin in 630AD. Prior to his death by yellow plague in the 660s, it is believed that there were as many as 300 monks and 2000 students in residence. Unfortunately, the only remaining pre-Norman building is St Feichin's Church, which was built around 900AD, on the foundation of an earlier structure. Between 771 and 1169, Fore was burnt at least twelve times. About 1180 Norman landlord, Hugh De Lacy built a Benedictine Priory on the facing hillside dedicated to Saint Feichin and St Taurin. Because of its relationship with a French abbey, Fore was regularly seized by the English authorities as "alien Property" when England was at war with France.

• You will be in groups of  5  
• have a video camera, a clipboard and a map to carry with you  and, while the other 3 in the group will take notes of their findings as they move from place to place. ]
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• You will record their findings and note anthing of interest which they found on each step and stop on the site. They should note in partuicular the 7 wonders. 

This popplett should help you all revise the 7 wonders that we did in last week's class..

 

 

As they explore the abbey the children will be encouraged to imagine how it would have looked in pre-historic times.

 

• Identify each location and record it on a map.

 

• The children to close their eyes and imagine the sights, smells and noises. These will be written down and form the basis for a story.

• Take digital images around the site for use in creating a virtual tour.

• Look for and record evidence to show how the abbey changed over time.

 

• Choose five words to describe mood, expressions or personality. Ask pupils to go around the site deciding which monument and feature best fits each word. Ask pupils to imagine that these features have feelings and to suggest what they might feel about the present use fo the site, influx of tourists rather than pilgrims and worshippers. These responses can be used ostimulate language work back at school such as poetry, storytelling and drama.

• Look for different examples of how stone has been used and hw it would have been used in pre-historic times.

 

Guidelines To Follow

 

·      Devise an audio tour around the abbey and its lto explain to a blind person what different parts of the church were used for. This allows students to develop directional language, often incorporating mathematical terms and instructions.

 

 

· As part of the tour you must describe in detail what features look like, indicate how big they are and suggest what visitors could touch. Aim to explain how each part of the church was used by focusing on the remaining evidence.

 

 

· Move onto explain how the monks lived and provided for themselves, again using the evidence on site. Suggest appropriate sound effects for different parts of the abbey and the 7 wonders.Prepare a rough draft on site for working on back at school.