Initial Questions from Teachers
Why is the ship significant to Bridgwater?
Was it a smuggling ship?
Where is it going to?
Where did it start off?
What type of ship is it?
Number of crew?
Where is the food kept?
Who was Irene?
Where was it built?
Who wanted it built?
Did it carry slaves?
Why are there so few on board in the painting?
Who was the artist: details?
Was it a real boat?
How fast did it go?
What flag/pennant is flying?
How do you get the flag up there?
Where is the background landscape?
What is its life story?
Who are the people on the boat?
When was it painted?
What materials were used to build it?
Why is the colour of the picture so dull?
Why has it got so many sails?
What were the influences behind the design of the boat?
Is it still used today?
What would happen if there were holes in the sails?
Why is the ship pointy?
What was it transporting?
Are there any unusual features?
Ideas for Lessons
History of transport esp. Bridgwater
Canal travel
Maps of the area
Where boats went on their journeys
Science: floating, aerodynamics
Music and dance
Arts week - everyone in the school involved (5-11 yrs)
Older children working with younger children
Sea poems
Drama
Science materials, experiments, floating/sinking
Designing cut-aways, shoe-boxes etc.
Scale, ratio
Photo story
Animation
Drama groups, improvisation. Relationships within the ship
Poetry, narrative
Different parts of the ship visual arts
Children's carnival. canal
Dance, music, costume
Non-fictional accounts, diaries (ship, crew, at home), newspaper
articles, biographies
Fictional stories, poems
Storytelling for all ages