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The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Part 4

Four local primary schools have taken part in an exciting project funded by The Royal Society. Each class spent two days in North Lincolnshire Museum, exploring the history, geology and science of the ground beneath their feet.

On the second day, the schoolchildren worked with local poet Graeme Williams to bring their learning life, creating poems that drew on their experiences in the Museum.

In the Jurassic Sea gallery, you will see their fabulous poems on display, illustrated by local artist Charlotte Portier-Tock. The children reference their time spent in the Museum galleries, objects from the Collection they handled, science experiments they conducted and questions they asked.

Image shows poem text:
A wriggly worm goes slithering,
A furry paw goes scratching,
A nose sniffs, feet tread,

Jogging, walking, digging, burrowing,
I am the clay and sand beneath your feet.
Hello,
I’m an ammonite who lived in the ocean,

But I am not alive anymore.
I died and layers of mud fell on me,
So, now I am a fossil, turned to stone.
People came and freed me from the rock

And put me on display for all to see.
I’m an ammonite shell, I shimmer inside.
I’m beautiful and everyone likes me.
The shark’s tooth is sharp,
And that is me,

I eat fish.
I’m trying to search,
And my mission is...
To find more fish.
Messy soil, that is my name,
When I get wet, I get squidgy,
People come and play with me,
And they get very dirty.
There are worms inside of me,

And they feel really weird,
For as they wriggle through me,
They are very tickly.
I am made from sticks and sand,
With rocks and fossils in me,

But I help flowers and grasses grow,
And they are very lovely.

I am a fossil from under the ground,

I have been there for millions of years.

I am a fossil, round and rough,

Covered in soil and dirt.

I am a fossil, I once was alive,

I was a creature until I died,

Then people found me and dug me up,

When people found me, they cleaned me up,

And put me on display.

Images:

Coloured illustration of a section of earth, showing grass and spring flowers above, and worms wriggling in the mud below.

Sketch of a child wearing boots stood on grass above mud that contains fossils and artefacts.

We would like to thank all those involved, especially the incredible work of the children from those schools involved:

St. Norbert’s Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
Scunthorpe Church of England Primary School
Bottesford Junior School
The Riverside Federation

The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Part 1

The first in a series of poems created by school children with local poet Graeme Williams, with inspiration from the museum displays.

The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Part 2

The second of a series of poems created by school children with local poet Graeme Williams, with inspiration from the museum displays.

The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Part 3

The third of a series of poems created by school children with local poet Graeme Williams, with inspiration from the museum displays.

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