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- Key Stage 1
- Voyage of the 'Mystery'
How did a tiny boat make the epic voyage to Australia?
- Wreck and Rescue
How can we find out about wreck and rescue around the Cornish coast?
StonesWhat are the stories of our megalithic landscape?
Ann GlanvilleWho was the C19th Champion Rower of the World?
- Pippins, Sovereigns and Double Whites
What grows in the market gardens of the Tamar Valley?
- Giant of Steam
Why do we remember Richard Trevithick?
- Our Special Place
How do we map a celebratory journey around our locality?
- Found in the Ground
Can we become archaeologists?
- Voyage of the 'Mystery'
- Key Stage 2
- Lost Your Tongue?
Was Dolly Pentreath the last speaker of the Cornish language?
- An Gof 1497
Why did Cornish people rise up against an English King?
- Iron Age Cornwall
Who lived here long ago?
- Fish for the Future
What is happening to our fishing industry?
- Our Cornish Rivers
Why should we care about our rivers?
- Heath and Heather
Why are our heathland environments unique?
- Azook
What can we learn from Cornish Pilot Gig racing to help us build our own boats?
- Feet, Wheels and Wings
How can we be travel aware?
- Wheal Tamar
What can we find out about the mines of the Tamar Valley?
- White Pyramids
What can we find out about the clay pits of Cornwall?
- Lost Your Tongue?
- Key Stage 1
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Lost Your Tongue?
Was Dolly Pentreath the last speaker of the Cornish language?
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Dolly Pentreath (b.1692-d.1777) is reputed to have been the last monoglot speaker of the Cornish Language.
In this unit pupils;
- interrogate historical sources to decide who is the last speaker of the Cornish language
- greet others and interact in Cornish
- enjoy and participate in traditional and contemporary Cornish songs and dances
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the Cornish Language Partnership
the Cornish Language Partnership