Fieldwork Enjoying and achieving

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FieldworkEnjoying and achieving

• 2005 / 2006

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Behaviour
Attendance
Attitudes
Participation
Fieldwork How well do learners enjoy their
education?
Co-operation
Achievement
Inclusion
Reputation
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Inclusion All pupils are included in fieldwork
and given appropriate tasks that cover different
learning styles.
Achievement Pupils are motivated when given
challenging tasks in contexts they can relate to.
Fieldwork gives pupils a real sense of achievement
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Co-operation and participation Organised group
work focuses on what children want to find out
and demand collaborative skills e.g. deciding
what questions to ask a chef at a local pub.
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Reputation and Behaviour
Taking children out to meet and interview local
people enhances the reputation of both community
and school. It is a two way process and involves
pupils and communities.
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• Attendance and Attitudes
• Pupils are excited by fieldwork because
• they are naturally curious about their
  surroundings
• they are motivated by asking their own
  questions
• they enjoy participating in the planning and
  preparation
• they value responsibility and challenge
• they relish opportunities to become involved and
  have a say.

Pupils enjoy being at school and being involved
in learning that is exciting, real and
meaningful. Fieldwork provides a sense of
achievement.
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What the children said
I have learnt ever so much about birds, boats and
all sorts of different places and how to look
after our neighbourhood and not to vandalise it.
I am really lucky to be at school.
Thank you for showing me around the docks. I
really enjoyed it.
I learnt how to use a digital camera. We had
loads of fun.
Well I really liked the memorial and the Poppies
were beautiful in Queenborough. What I didnt
like was the dog fouling.
I had a lovely time. I really enjoyed listening
to the sky larks singing
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Valuing Fieldwork Outcomes

• A recent whole school project was the creating of
  stained glass windows from fieldwork drawings
• Each year group produced a composite panel
  comprising elements of pupils sketches.
• Each year group focused on a type of landscape.

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Year R studied farming landscapes
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Year 1 studied the beach
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Year 2 visited Harty Church
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Year 3 studied All Saints Church in Eastchurch
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Year 4 studied the coastal landscape