Reclaiming land – community green space

From their learning about communities and services, the pupils will be given a brief to carry out: 
‘An area of land has become available in four areas of the Clyde; Glasgow Harbour, Govan, Clydebank and Renfrew. This land must be kept as an outdoor space and used for community purposes. Develop an idea for this land.’ In small groups pupils will choose an area. They will gather information on the demographic of the residents and the local area. From this they will develop a purpose and plan a community space to be used by the local residents. They will produce a plan, name and concept and materials advertising the space to the local residents. This will be pitched to a panel of judges.

Outcomes of learning

• Pupils have an understanding of what community services are need to support homes and residents
• Pupils have experienced working in teams to come up with a creative plan and pitch. They will have negotiated, compromised and produced a singular group idea
• Groups will have had the opportunity to develop communication, planning, problem solving, persuasive and presenting skills
• Confidence of working independently from teacher-led lessons will be demonstrated by individual commitment to a group decision, group idea and group pitch
• Pupils take responsibility for their learning through making collective decisions on all aspects of the task including research, community idea, marketing strategy and pitch
• Pupils have developed enterprising skills identified as 4 capacities of CfE

Relevance to curriculum

• Supports 5-14 Environmental Studies, Language and Expressive Arts
• The project is relevant to aspect of the above curricula and places these aspects in a real context combining them with workplace skills and knowledge