Cowboy TV Challenge! Creating and sustaining roles at Cowboy Town! Key Stage 2U English resource for Blackgang Chine

Introduction

"Cowboy TV Challenge! Creating and sustaining roles at Cowboy Town!" is a 2-page English resource for Upper Key Stage 2, linked to Blackgang Chine

Précis

This is an English resource that engages children with their visit to Blackgang Chine. The resource task enables them to practise their performance skills, and incorporate a scene shot at Cowboy Town into a news report, which will be filmed back at school.

Contextual Summary

This resource will require the conventions of script writing to be studied prior to the visit and pupils will ideally have drafted their script before they arrive at Blackgang. Students may have studied notorious cowboys in history and need to have watched a couple of TV news reports so that they understand the context of the task. The scene will be a re-enactment of the robbery at the bank in Cowboy Town, which will be incorporated in to a TV News Report back at school. The script will require a correspondent to introduce the re-enactment on-site. Students/teachers can choose the number of characters involved in the re-enactment.

Curriculum Relevance

English → Spoken Language → Drama

Implementation

Students are asked to write a script for the scene prior to arrival at Cowboy Town in order to ensure that the work can be completed on site at Blackgang Chine. The task is designed to appeal to children in upper key stage 2.

Key Skills Practised

Writing for a specific audience/purpose
Writing to inform/entertain.
Understanding the conventions of scripts.
Performance skills
Using formal/informal language appropriately.

Learning Opportunities

Pre-Visit

Study notorious cowboys/girls in history. ? Introduce the task ? to produce a TV News Report of a bank robbery. ? Watch typical TV main channel news report. ? Study the conventions of script-writing. ? Produce a script (of the re-enactment of the robbery) to be filmed on-site (including the correspondent?s introduction of the event).

On Site

Film the re-enactment of the cowboy(s)/girl(s) robbery.

Post-Visit

Write the script for the remaining report (headline news report). ? Film the anchor-man in the studio who passes to the correspondent in Cowboy Town. ? Edit the scenes together. ? Students can then evaluate each others? work at the point of completion.

Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate their creativity (in writing and performance). They will demonstrate their planning skills and their collaborative working. Students will use the visit as a source of inspiration to write creatively.

FAQs

Q1. What is this resource and which attraction is it for?

Cowboy TV Challenge! Creating and sustaining roles at Cowboy Town! is a English resource targeted at Upper Key Stage 2 children, , supporting a school trip to Blackgang Chine

Q2. Which Key Stage and ability level(s) is this intended for?

Cowboy TV Challenge! Creating and sustaining roles at Cowboy Town! is designed for Upper Key Stage 2 children with but is also suitable for younger students working at a high level or studying a specific topic, or as revision / infill for older students who have already covered this previously

Q3. Which areas of the curriculum are covered?

Cowboy TV Challenge! Creating and sustaining roles at Cowboy Town! is a English resource specifically targeted at Spoken Language and Drama

Q4. What are the main learning outcomes for students?

Q5. Does this resource have activities for before and after the visit?

This resource contains elements that are designed to be completed before the trip commences, whilst on site at Blackgang Chine and on return to school after the visit

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