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Curriculum Materials


Key Stages and Links


Key Stage 2 - Quick Links


Brunel's Britain
Bristol-based production company Available Light has produced an innovative learning resource for KS2 about Brunel's achievements, funded by Grid Learning and Teachers' TV.

Register at www.gridclub.com for a free trial to access Brunel's Britain.
Tyning Hengrove
Tyning Hengrove in Bristol has devised two worksheets suitable for KS2 Thinking Skills and The Victorians. We are grateful to the school for allowing us permission to include these as downloads on this site.
Folk South West
Folk South West stimulates enjoyment, participation and creativity in the music, song, dance and traditions of the South West. As part of the Brunel 200 programme Folk South West produced an extensive education pack that includes material on navvies, ships, railways, bridges and tunnels, the seaside and Victorian life. Contact Eddie Upton 01935822911/ eddie@folksw.org.uk for further details of the pack and Folk South West's work. You can download a Brunel mind map from the pack and a sample song about steam travel below.
Empire Museum Loan Resource for Schools (Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2)
Brunel's Toolbox and CD-rom digital resource. Open up a huge trunk to investigate life on a Victorian railway. The box includes artefacts and character hats, from Brunel to the Navvies who built the railways. The accompanying digital resource includes maps, documents, photos, sound effects, a movie clip, and a slide show to enhance your lessons. The digital resource is also available as a separate lending resource.

Cost: £20.00 per week (plus transport if required).
Digital resource only: £5.00 per week.

Museum contact details:
Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
Tel: 0117 925 4980 Fax: 0117 925 4983
E-mail: bookings@empiremuseum.co.uk
Web: www.empiremuseum.co.uk
Registered Charity Number: 1097205
I Can Dream
As part of the events celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the I Can Dream project was commissioned to help inspire the future inventors, innovators, engineers and scientists of tomorrow.

The I Can Dream website contains the plans, processes, scripts and video adverts made by young people from Cabot Primary and The City Academy Bristol, showcasing their new invention and innovation ideas.
BBC Radio Bristol Izzy Drama
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, BBC Radio Bristol broadcast a special ten-part futuristic drama set in Bristol 2206.

You can listen to the serial on-line on the BBC Radio Bristol website.
B200 FM Projects
Imagine turning the radio on 200 years ago, what would you have heard?

B200fm answered that question. It used radio to bring the Victorian era to life. With speech, music, features and drama, the project combined new technology with historical experience.

Listen to the archived broadcasts on line on the B200fm website.
Brunelli Resource
A breadth of cross-curricular and creative learning ideas provided by a group of Bristol teachers. Contributors: Irene Harrison, Stoke Bishop Primary, David Millington, Westbury Park Primary, Simon Gent, Christ the King, Tracy Hatton, Victoria Park, Jo Stephens, Christchurch Primary.
Rolls Royce Inter School Competition Resource
We are grateful to Rolls-Royce for providing materials that were used for the 2006 Brunel 200 Inter-School Competition. In particular the creators: Tim Berry, Janis Chan, James Hodder, Ashraf Miah and Andrew Tillotson.
ss Great Britain: Ask Brunel
Do you have a burning question you'd like to ask I K Brunel?

If you are aged between five and 12 years old, you can submit a question to the ss Great Britain website. Brunel reads all the questions that are sent in, and he will choose one question a week to answer on the website.

To help you think of a question, try starting with one of the five words beginning with the letter 'W' - who, where, why, when and what.

Go to www.ssgreatbritain.org/education/ask to see previous questions and answers.

The Education Team at the ship has created an extensive educational pack designed to meet the needs and interests of teachers and students, of all ages, including KS2. This is best used in conjunction with a group visit to the ship but would also be of value for classroom activity on Brunel for those unable to get to Bristol. Contact Helen Horler (T: 0117 926 0680 ext. 203) for details.
Brunel Week Plan
By kind permission of Lorien Neale at Sea Mills primary.
Gloucestershire County Council teaching resource
The resources in the pack have been designed to help teachers plan lessons using Brunel's engineering legacy as a starting point.
Cornwall Record Office, Truro and the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Resource
A new teachers' resource pack focussing on Brunel's work in Cornwall, suitable for Key Stage 2. Schools can borrow a resource pack consisting of text, photographs, copies of original documents, activities and a game. Schools can also complete a Brunel trail through Truro and arrange a visit to the record office and/or museum. For more details please contact Tamsin Mallett, Cornwall Record Office, County Hall, Truro, TR1 3AY, telephone 01872 323136 or email .

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