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Calling all schools...
are
YOU willing to explore and take part in the
adventure of a lifetime?
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are looking for '
Virtual Voyagers' |
Join us for the voyage and
to take part
in the excitement as it happens. |
We want to let people know it is happening and to attract as
many schools as we can to take part. Schools who join the voyage
will be helping to raise funds for the charities who are going to
benefit from the experience.
Resources for use by teachers and
children will be tested in schools before going out on general
release. Formats for the International Pack, available to schools
worldwide, will be in Microsoft Office and Softease Textease Studio
Suite that is currently used predominately in the UK. |
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| INTRODUCTION: |
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The carving of a ship was found on the side of the Borobudur Temple in
Indonesia.
The relief showed a trading ship from the 8th
century, which
was the kind of craft which sailed across the Indian Ocean,
forming commercial links with the east coast of Africa and
Madagascar.
There is even a suggestion that ships like these
sailed around the Cape Of Good Hope and up to the west coast
of Africa. |
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Philip Beale, the expedition organizer, thought of the idea to
build a replica of the ship using traditional methods and to
sail in it to Africa. In all, this would be a journey of over
10,000 miles in a vessel that is really not much more than a
big canoe with outriggers. |
The voyage began in August and will take about four months
to complete. We
are being given the rights to all the educational resource
material from the voyage and are making a series of resources
for schools that would enable children to follow the voyage.
They would be virtual sailors, being able to map the route as
it happens and learn all about the conditions on board and on
the sea.
Schools will receive weekly information packs and
will also be able to contact the ship by email. It is hoped
that there might even be a phone link but this has yet to be
arranged. |
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to enlarge
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We want to help raise money with the crew for the expedition's
nominated charities and so we are inviting schools to join us
for the voyage and then have the resources we create later for
future use as a cross-curricular pack. There is an enormous
amount of learning potential to be had from this voyage and we
hope that you will want to sail with us from the start. |
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are IT tutors to schools, teachers and ex Head teachers
with many years experience in Primary education and
Advisory Teacher work. We would like to welcome you on
board as soon as possible. Our contact details are
below. |
Virtual
Voyager
~ the cross-curricular learning resources project for schools.
We
are creating a cross-curricular teaching and learning resource pack
beginning with the 'Virtual Voyager' pack.
If you
join us, your children will be able to follow the Borobudur ship as
it travels across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans and play the
sailing simulation game. We are collecting data including
temperature of the sea and the air as well as light levels, wind
speed and journal accounts from the crew.
The
Valiant Data Logger being used on the voyage will be available to
schools at a discount.
We
will also be running a Sea Poetry Conversation which children might
like to follow as their Literacy exercise each week.
Once
the voyage is over, we will be sending out resources on Textease
complete with training notes for exploiting the software more
effectively. If your school sails with us, you will have the
resource pack at no extra cost as well as free training for Textease
Studio Suite. . A portion of the funds raised goes
to the nominated charities of the expedition.
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THE
VIRTUAL VOYAGER PACK
The
Education Pack is a presentation CD with worksheets attached that
children can use to follow the voyage and keep up to date with
regular email packs and reference to the website. It is a
cross-curricular pack, which can be used for KS 1 and KS2. There are
issues suitable for the KS 3 syllabus as well.
The pack consists of:
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Presentation
CD detailing the voyage
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Route
Plotting programme enabling pupils to follow the voyage
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Spreadsheets
for Ocean Profile and data collection of
environmental measurements
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Pictures
of the ship for display
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A
compass Rose
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Chart
sections and information from the Hydrographical Office with
special copy right exception
This
is supplied in a plastic file with a CD insert.
Schools
that work through the Virtual Voyager Pack
will be helping to
create the Borobudur Pack. Voyager schools will have these packs at
no extra cost. The £75 paid for the Virtual pack helps to cover the
costs and to support the nominated charities.
The
Borobudur Packs will go on general sale through educational
publishers and a royalty paid to the Expedition funds for charity
support.
Below
are JPEG examples of the:
Spreadsheet of environmental data and
Line graph of the Ocean Depth along the route.
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Virtual
Voyager
'WEB
PAGE'
The Virtual Voyager web
page will
be a page where schools can communicate and share
poems, stories, and post pictures which will all be collated
into the Making Waves anthology. The page
will NOT be available to the general public and could
include secure access for school message boards. |
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page is set up as a part of the Virtual Voyager
Cross-Curricular resource pack of materials for use by you
in school. |
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To view a demonstration
of the Virtual Voyager
'School Login page'
CLICK
HERE |
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Availability
The
Virtual Voyager Pack
and the following
Resource Pack
is available to
schools by sending the following details to us...
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Contact Name
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School Name
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Telephone number
- Email
Address
- A
cheque
for £75 ( made payable to: Adrian Wood )
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Send to: Borobudur Virtual Voyager 180,
Church Street, Upwey, Weymouth, Dorset, DT35QE
CURRICULUM
ONLINE CREDITS
If schools wish to pay through their Curriculum Online
Credits, notify:
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Lexicon
Lifeline
P O Box 3394
Wimborne,
Dorset
BH21 3XS
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Funds
raised from the resources will go towards the nominated youth
endeavour charities.
We hope to hear from you,
Adrian Wood
Borobudur Ship Expedition
180 Church Street
Upwey
Weymouth
Dorset
DT3 5QE
01305 812627
treeline@ntlworld.com
This
project is being created with the support of Softease, the makers of
Textease,
www.countryclassroom.com
www.lexiconlifeline.co.uk
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Text of the poster to be mounted on
the staff room notice board telling everyone about the
expedition.
Borobudur Ship Expedition
The ship was found on a relief on the side of the Borobudur Temple in
Indonesia. The carving showed a trading ship from the 8th
century, which
was the kind of craft which sailed across the Indian Ocean,
forming commercial links with the east coast of Africa and
Madagascar. There is even a suggestion that ships like these
sailed around the Cape Of Good Hope and up to the west coast
of Africa.
Philip Beale, the expedition organizer, thought of the idea to
build a replica of the ship using traditional methods and to
sail in it to Africa. In all, this would be a journey of over
10,000 miles in a vessel that is really not much more than a
big canoe with outriggers.
The voyage began in August and will take about four months
to complete. We
are being given the rights to all the educational resource
material from the voyage and are making a series of resources
for schools that would enable children to follow the voyage.
They would be virtual sailors, being able to map the route as
it happens and learn all about the conditions on board and on
the sea. Schools will receive weekly information packs and
will also be able to contact the ship by email. It is hoped
that there might even be a phone link but this has yet to be
arranged.
We want to help raise money with the crew for the expedition's
nominated charities and so we are inviting schools to join us
for the voyage and then have the resources we create later for
future use as a cross-curricular pack. There is an enormous
amount of learning potential to be had from this voyage and we
hope that you will want to sail with us from the start. |
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