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Smithy St School
build the Tower Of
London
(a model of it that is!)
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| Year Six children
from Smithy Street School visited the Tower of London. They
went there to make a model of the castle.
Click here to watch their Tower movie.
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| The Tower of London itself, and Tower Bridge in the
background. |
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| They had trouble
finding the new Education Centre. They were the first people
to go there. They started to build a model of the Tower of
London.
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Building the model of
the castle in the basement of the Education Centre. |
Click here to see the castle
being made |
| The children felt
really happy when they had finished the model, and they were
amazed that they had used 300 pieces of foam. They were impressed
with how quick it was to make!
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The finished model of the Tower of
London. |
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This is the doorway
where they had to design and make a portcullis to guard
the castle. |
When they finished the model
it was time for lunch. Then they were told to design a portcullis
to fit in the doorway.
At first the children didn't know what a portcullis was,
then realised that it was a gate that was pulled up and down
with chains to open and let people through.
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People designing the portcullis. |
First each group had to plan their portcullis.
Then draw the portcullis and decide what materials were needed.
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Using the design to make the right
lengths of wood for the portcullis |
After the portcullis was planned they had to start measuring
the wood.
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| How to
make a portcullis
| Caution:You need adult supervision. |
Click here for a safety movie clip
Materials:
Wood, nails, string.
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Stephen told the children all the
safety rules, and gave them safety clothes. |
Tools and equipment:
Backsaw, apron, carpenters pencil, metal ruler, right-angled
ruler, mitre box ( to hold the wood), bench hook, hammer and
safety goggles.
Click here for another safety
movie clip
What you need to do:
Measure the wood to the right size and mark it, then saw
the wood.
Cut the wood into six pieces
Tip: You need to be careful when you cut
the wood.
Hammer the nails in the wood shown below.
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Hammering the pieces of wood together. |
You must hammer the nails diagonally, so the wood doesn't
pull back out.
Tip: Gently hammer the nails in the wood,
if you don't you'll get hit on the hand. |
Put the wood in
place, between the 2 holders, and make sure your portcullis
is strong, or it will fall apart.
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Testing and fitting the portcullis in the doorway. |
Use the string and the pulley system to pull your door up
and let your visitors into the castle to meet your King or
Queen!
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The impressed Beefeater. |
This is one of the castle guards, he is called a Beefeater.
He has been working here for 50 years. He shows people around
the Tower of London and protects Queen Elizabeth II
We had a great day.
If you want to make the castle too, contact the Tower of
London Education Centre on 020 7488 5658.
From the Year Six children at Smithy Street School.
Thank You to Stephen, Nikki and Glennis for organising this
lovely day.
This was the first time the children
made their own videos and webpages.
The children learned video production skills before
visiting the Tower, they filmed themselves and then
on return to school edited the video. To produce these
webpages, different students had to learn to use iphoto,
imovie, Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
It took five sessions to make this web page and get
all the video edited.
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