Good Practice Case Study

Woolenwick Junior School

School No 161

Using ICT and Geography to Develop an Understanding of the Local Environment

Video:

'Should the high street be closed to traffic?'

The Woolenwick team started by saying that Stevenage has many positive elements. They researched local history and discovered that traffic had always been an issue in the area and they set out to find out if this was still the case. Drawing on their videos, interviews and surveys, they come to some interesting conclusions.

View the abridged version of the video below:

Pupils researched the history of one of Stevenage's eccentric old residents, Henry Trigg, who specified that his coffin should be placed in the rafters of a barn at the back of his house.

They compared old and new buildings in Stevenage.