Last week over 300 young people gathered to celebrate this years Heartlands Primary School Project, and to showcase their hard work.
This years project was the third year that Pool Business and Enterprise College and Heartlands worked together to host the project to 6 local primary schools. Treloweth, St Johns, Rosemellin, Portreath, Illogan and Roskear all focused on the interpretation centre that will be housed in the Robinson's Shaft buildings, which are at the hub of the Heartlands site. Year five and six students from each school looked at creating their own child-friendly visitor guides for the museum that will be built at Heartlands. Students visited several mining sites in Cornwall, such as Geevor and Cornish Mines and Engines in Pool, to inspire their project work. All six schools also visited the Heartlands site to take a look at what it looks like prior to construction work commencing.
The imaginations of the students and teachers ran wild, with replica model engine houses being built, merchandise such as bookmarks, badges and colourful fridge magnets produced that could be sold in the gift shop at Heartlands, miners helmets were made and also wonderful t-shirts, as well as the very impressive visitor guides, which were filled with interesting facts, puzzles, maps and important information about Robinson's Shaft.
