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Legend on hand to launch Middlesbrough FC history education pack. Laura Woodcock, Evening Gazette. Apr 17 2013.

Gary Gill joined Ayresome Primary School at the Riverside Stadium, to introduce a Boro-themed education pack.
It features learning activities using Middlesbrough FC to teach primary and secondary school children in national curriculum subjects. These include history, citizenship, art and design, physical education, maths business, geography, economics, drama and business.

Gary, was a star of the much-loved Boro side, is now chief scout at Boro said... “The club is a big part of the community and I always look to support the local kids. I think it is important that the kids are a part of the football club. This will help them understand where the club has come from".

The activities are designed so that students can use the internet to research and find out more information, and also to facilitate classroom discussion.

NUMBER / NAME	SUBJECT / ACTIVITY
1. OPPOSITION CLUBS	USING GEOGRAPHY AND MATHS TO FIND WHERE MIDDLESBROUGH PLAYED
2. AWAY GAMES	USING GEOGRAPHY AND MATHS TO FIND HOW FAR MIDDLESBROUGH TRAVELLED
3. GEORGE CAMSELL	HISTORY AND FOOTBALL MIX TO CELEBRATE ONE OF BORO’S LEGENDS, THROUGH POETRY, SONG OR RAP.
4.WORDSEARCH	CAN YOU FIND THE TEAM OF 86? THEY ARE IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
5. PLAY EXTRACT / ACT 1 SC III	READING AND UNDERSTANDING
6. PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES	READING / HOT SEATING /IMPROVISATION.
7. SOLO TASKS	DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION.
8. POETRY: WILD SEA	GROUP AND SOLO ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE THE TEXT AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES
9. POSTER DESIGN	FOR A MAJOR FAMILY EVENT AT THE RIVERSIDE, TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES.
10.DIETS ACROSS THE AGES.	SOCIAL / SPORT AND HEALTH ISSUES RELATING TO WHAT WE EAT.
11. DESIGN TASKS	NEW KIT / TROPHY AND MASCOT DESIGN
12. FAMILY CRESTS	YOUR OWN COAT OF ARMS REFLECTING YOUR FAMILY / INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
13. ALBERT PARK TO THE RIVERSIDE.	THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES AROUND WHERE FOOTBALL IS PLAYED.
14. SURVEYS ABOUT FOOTBALL	DO YOU LOVE OR HATE FOOTBALL AND WHY?
15. YOU AND SPARE TIME	WHAT DO YOU ENJOY DOING ON YOUR OWN / WITH FAMIL AND FRIENDS
16. FOOTBALL RULES	COULD NEW RULES IMPROVE FOOTBALL
17. FOOTBALL SKILLS	WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE KEY SKILLS AND COULD YOU TEACH THEM?
18. TABLE TOP FOOTBALL	THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE FAVOURITE GAMES

19. MERCHANDISING	THE SOCIAL HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEMORABILIA
20. RIGHTS AND WRONGS	MORAL QUESTIONS THAT SOMETIMES ARISE NOT JUST IN FOOTBALL BUT ALL SPORT.
21WILLIAM LANE LTD.	A REAL LIFE PROBLEM FOR A HISTORIC LOCAL BUSINESS AND HOW THEY COULD SOLVE IT.
22. DORMAN MUSEUM	HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW MIDDLESBROUGH’S MAJOR MUSEUM?
23. TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY.	ONE FOR THE FUTURE? WILL YOU GO TO UNIVERSITY YES OR NO?

1: THE OPPOSITION CLUBS:

KS 3 Geography/Research:
The 1986/87 Comeback season:
Can you locate the towns?

Can you locate the towns and their teams?

Wigan Athletic / Gillingham / Bristol Rovers / Fulham /
Rotherham United / Notts County / Bristol City / Darlington /
Newport County / Brentford / Mansfield Town / York City /
Port Vale / Bury / Chesterfield / Swindon Town / Bournemouth FC / Walsall / Blackpool / Bolton Wanderers / Carlisle / Chester / Doncaster Rovers

2: THE AWAY GAMES.

KS 3 Geography/Research/Maths
How far did Boro FC travel in the 1986/87season?
(Remember to calculate going there and…coming back!!)

Now answer these questions:

1. Which fixture is the nearest to Middlesbrough?
2. Which fixture is the furthest away?
3. In September there are three away fixtures,
so how far will the Boro travel in that month?
4. How far will Boro travel for the whole season?

Additional tasks:

5. Find out what leagues these teams are playing in now.
6. Choose three teams and find out:
A. Their nickname / home and away colours.
B. The name of their ground and capacity
C. Three interesting facts about the club and / or town.

3: WHO IS GEORGE CAMSELL?

KS 3/4 History/Communication
Music/Media Studies.

• Born 27th November 1902.

• George signed for Middlesbrough FC for £500 in October 1925.
George only got four games and wanted to leave. He was fed up.
Barnsley agreed a fee of £300, but Barnsley couldn’t find the money.
A fee of just £200 was agreed, but again Barnsley couldn’t pay.
George stayed.

• George Camsell scored 59 goals in his first full season.
Middlesbrough won the 2nd Division and were promoted
to the 1st Division. In the second game of the season,
Middlesbrough played Everton and Dixie Dean,
the divisions best striker. Middlesbrough won 4-2
and George scored all the Boro goals!

• But Dean became the season’s top scorer, beating George’s
total with 60 goals. Everton won the Championship and
Middlesbrough were relegated.

• George’s great form continued and Middlesbrough won the
2nd Division Championship and he even managed to replace
Dixie Dean in the England team.

• His first cap came in May 1929 against France,
where George, scored two goals, then two days later,
he scored four against Belgium.

• Despite his regular goals, George played only three more games
for England, his last coming against Belgium in 1936.

• George scored an incredible 18 goals in just nine internationals!!
He also became a pointless answer in the BBC quiz of the same
name in 2020.

• WWII brought an end to George’s career, a career that had
seen him score 325 goals in 419 games for Middlesbrough.
George then worked as Middlesbrough’s coach, chief scout
and secretary, before retiring in 1963. Sadly, George died
just months before England’s World Cup win in 1966.

• In September 2022, Middlesbrough FC unveiled
a statue of Boro legend Camsell in a ceremony attended
by members of George’s family.

Tasks:

1. Using the above information, write a poem/rap/song about George.

2. Read your work to the class.

3. Record/video your work/performances.

4: WORDSEARCH

KS 3/4 English Lit/Communication/History/PE.

The Team of 86: Can you find them?

(Remember: Names can travel in any direction.)
ALANKERNAGHAN
ARCHIESTEVENS
BRIANLAWS
BRUCERIOCH
COLINCOOPER
COLINTODD
GARYHAMILTON
GARYPALLISTER
GARYPARKINSON
LEETURNBULL
STEPHENPEARS
STUARTRIPLEY
TONYMOWBRAY
5: DRAMA: A PLAY EXTRACT
from The BORO's 37mins.
KS 3/4 Drama/Careers/History
SOUND: Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World continues into the scene.
SLIDE 3: 13th Jan 1986. FA Cup 3rd Round:
Southampton 3-1 Boro
SLIDE 4: 1st Feb: 1986 Bruce Rioch appointed manager
after Boro lose to Charlton.
LIGHTING: Fade up.
SOUND: Fade down.
ACT I Sc III: Careers Talk. MR PATRICK late 30s, Humanities Teacher is guiding YR 11 in interview techniques. A number of students
sit on stage and Mr Patrick talks to the audience as the class.
MR P: Before we have our first volunteer, remember when you are called for interview for employmentor a place at college, you are there… on merit.
PUPIL 1 puts his hand up.
PUPIL 1: Merit? I don’t ever remember you giving me a merit. Ever!
MR P: (Embarrassed) I’m sure I have, and you’re missing the point. What I mean is…
PUPIL 2: (Stands up) Nor me. Honest, I would’ve remembered, Sir.
MR P: (Losing patience) Last week…if you remember, we looked at the options that might be available and how to prepare for inter- view, and what to expect. When you are called for an interview,
it is because you have the same academic qualifications as everyone else. It will be a level playing field, as it were.
PUPIL 3: Not like when you’re playing Bertram Ramsey, Sir? We got beat up in the changing rooms and then 11-0 on the pitch. It was embarrassing, Sir.
MR P: (Fuming) I’m sure you did your level best, young man. And that’s all we are trying to achieve this morning, right?
PUPIL 1: I like the use of the word ‘level’ there, Sir. Was it one of you little jokes?

Silence.
MR P: (Glares at him) Right our first volunteer is Martin Kennedy. Please take a seat, Martin.
KENNEDY: Sir, I haven’t decided… what I am going to do…Sir.
PUPIL 3: More like his Mam hasn’t told him what job she’s getting him when he leaves school.
KENNEDY goes to respond and Mr P intervenes.
MR P: All the more reason for you to get involved, Kennedy. Everyone else, listen carefully and learn. It could be you next time.
(To Kennedy) Your first option is to stay on in the 6th Form, right? What subjects interest you?
MK: Erm. (Plays for time)
PUPIL 1: Sir, there’s no point. Unless you go to university, there’s no jobs when y’leave school. So, what’s the point of all this?!
MR PATRICK starts to struggle.
PUPIL 2: (Hand up) Sir, Sir! When Thatcher relaxed money
controls and exported jobs, she used cash from North Sea oil and gas to pay for all the unemployment. Sir!
MR P: (Tries to recover) If the 6th form isn’t for you,what about YTS, Kennedy?
KENNEDY has his own agenda.
MK: Sir, you teachers have been on strike so much, it’s interfered with our education.
MR P: Kennedy, we’re not discussing the past, we trying to build a future.
MK: It’s not my fault… Sir.
MR P: You still have choices: YTS or 6th Form?
PUPIL 3: Sir, when me Dad left school, you could work in the Steelworks, ICI or Smith’s Dock. You were spoilt for choice. Now there’s no jobs, Sir, nowhere.

MR P: Right!! One volunteer, in the chair now!!!
Nobody moves.

SOUND: Chant to the tune of ‘Guantanamera’.
“One Job on Teesside, there’s only one Job on Teesside.
One Job on Teesside, there’s only one Job on Teesside.
One Job on Teesside, there’s only one Job on Teesside.
One Job on Teesside, there’s only one Job on Teesside”.
LIGHTING: Fade down.

6: Practical work:
1. Reading
In groups of 4 or 5, read the scene several times and have a discussion about the scene, the characters and the themes. Feed back to the whole class.
2. Hot Seating
Choose 2 or 3 characters and get students to play them in a hot seating exercise and ask them ten questions. Students playing these parts must understand that their responses will help all the group/class to understand the play more. Feed back to the whole class.
3. Improvisation 1.
With this new information, create a scene that happens before the Careers Talk, either at school or just hanging with friends.
4. Improvisation 2

Now create another scene after the Careers Talk, where a teenager is being questioned by a parent. Are there different attitudes or opinions displayed? Share some of these scenes with the class.
5. Reading
Re-read the Careers Talk scene and stage it to the class. What differences do you notice in any of the characters/atmosphere?
7: ADDITIONAL SOLO TASKS:

The BORO’s 37mins
KS 4/5 English Lit/Drama.

1. Preparing for the role.
Hot seating and improvisations before and after events are two
Stanislavski rehearsal techniques to help the actors in their preparation.
What other ways can you develop your character through research,
rehearsal and the process of performance? Which were the most helpful?

2. Production Style.
As you can see the play uses slides/intertitles to provide background
information and narrative. Research why Brecht developed this style of production in his own plays. What challenges does this give directors, actors and production staff?

3. Stanislavski or Brecht?
What were the main differences, between their two approaches?
In doing a production of ‘The BORO’s 37mins’, which approach would you follow and why? What well known play would you choose, to use the techniques of the other director and what would be the reason for your choices.

4. Production design.
Create designs/drawings to illustrate one of your choices:
in staging, lighting and costume.

8: The Wild Sea: byLouis Spence.

Starter discussion:
What sort of poem do you expect to read, that has the title Wild Sea? Can you give reasons for your answer?

WILD SEA
by Louis Spence

In the heart of some dark English city
Was a sight that turned everyone’s head
When as if from some dream, came a wonderful team.
In a wild sea of Boro red.

Through my life it has been with me
All the fears, all the tears I have bled.
It won’t run, it won’t yield, it’s my comfort and shield,
This wild sea of Boro red.

Now this beautiful colour
When I have worn it, I have laughed and I have cried
It was hewn from the iron men of legend
And its run through with passion and pride.

When my red lion days are closing
And I lie on my funeral bed
I will see once again, all those magical men
In a wild sea of Boro Red.

Small Group Discussion.

How different was the poem, to your expectations?
How many different ways can you interpret the poem?
Who do you think the poem is for?
Which lines stand out and why?

Do you like the poem?
Either yes or no, can you give your reasons?

9: Work to do on your own.

1. Shape: Does the poem have a recognisable form, e.g., sonnet or ballad? If so, does that add to your ideas of the title? Does it have stanzas or is it an odd shape? Are the line lengths the same or different?

2. Responses: Is the poet trying to get an emotional response from the reader? Is it for a different audience? Does the poem offer the possibility of different interpretations?

3. Voice:  Who is speaking? Is there a clear persona? Could they be a member of  your family? A friend perhaps? Someone famous? Read the poem to a friend, a family member. What parts do they find powerful?

4. Vocabulary:  Choose words or phrases that are interesting to you and say why? Are there any repetitions? What purpose do you think they serve? What types of words are used the most? Verbs, nouns adjectives or pronouns?

5. Imagery:  Words and phrases are used to create visual images in the reader’s mind. Are there any similes, metaphors or symbols used? The best symbols can stand for a number of things. Create a visual collage to illustrate your interpretation.

6. Structure:  Are stanzas used to develop an idea? Are the lines end-stopped? Why do poets use such techniques?

7. Interpretation:  Using your notes/ideas and thoughts about the poem, write a detailed response and remember to support your ideas with evidence.


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As part of the Middlesbrough 86 project, we wanted to celebrate the creative abilities of young people as well as promoting 2012 Olympics and promoting a healthy lifestyle. And have some fun at the same time.

You might get some ideas, from some of the winners our competition...
“When the posters came in, as soon as I saw Samar’s picture, I knew it was something special and should be rewarded. The use of space, Braille and the tactile experience, all the panel agreed”.

Allison Potter (Judging Panel)

“This was a particular favourite of mine, well constructed and exercised, the use of space and great colouring in the title”.

Anthony Emerson (Judging Panel)

Now it’s your turn to get drawing. Will there be Sports stars? Events for all the family? Stalls? Pop singers and bands? Fair rides? Health Information? Exercise actives? It’s your poster / event. You decide!! Include date, time and cost to get in.

Remember The Riverside has been used for many events since 2012, so lots of inspiration: Internationals, Rugby League and concerts to name a few.

Your poster design:

KS 3/4 Art and Design / PSHE / Media Studies.

11: KS 3 History / PSHE / Food Science / PE.

Task: Create a menu that will keep the Boro squad fighting to take on the
challenges of the 2022 / 2023 season.

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But did you know?

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21: William Lane Ltd: 150 years of history

When we were in conversation with the company and its staff, this was the key issue for them at the time: finding new apprentices, new blood for the company to carry on.

To create your own Wordle visit:

Wordle Generator - Make Your Own Word Puzzle (wordlegame.org)

Final task: How are the company doing now?

Did they find what they were looking for?

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