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Heritage and Education
Schools Workshops
Our educational workshops are designed to give your pupils hands-on experiences to bring the past alive, focusing on the requirements of the national curriculum. Each session will last between 1.5-2 hours for up to 30 children, sessions can be combined to create a whole day experience and more than one time period can be covered in a day. Whole school aspects can be included such as an assembly at the end of the day. Teachers will receive a lesson plan prior to the day. All sessions can be modified to meet specific learning needs.
Life in the Maya World Workshop
Guided by a Maya archaeologist children will explore a range of themes, including - architecture, clothing, comparing rich and poor in the Maya world, technologies, Maya Gods and Mythology, foods, agriculture and trade. (contact us for the tasting option)
Stone Age to Iron Age/Prehistory Workshop
An interactive workshop investigating every day life in early Britain including clothing technology, food preparation, real stone tool use, scale models of dwellings and their contents as well as examining replicas.
Viking Experience Workshop
Meet Thorgild - Help her prepare the household for the return of Thorgest Forkbeard, by completing a range of everyday tasks from Viking childhood. This includes Viking games, puzzle solving and household tasks. Children will gain first hand experience of life in a Viking household.
Investigate the Vikings Workshop
A hands-on investigation using the objects that Vikings used, examining how far their settlements spread and comparing the contents of a viking house with life today.
I'm an Archaeologist! Workshop
A workshop lead by an experienced archaeologist that allows children to understand the past though handling objects and completing a mini-excavation.
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