Workshops

Great Fire of London		Britain since 1948		Castles		Florence Nightingale
Fire of London role play and diary writing		Find out how people lived in the time before computers		What happened after 1066, build a castle, handle objects and armour.		Study portraits and photographs, and compare them with descriptions of Florence and Mary Seacole.
Greek Vase myth writing		Houses and Homes		Roman Detectives		Saxon and Viking Lives
Handle real and replica Greek artefacts.		Look at the way domestic items have changed over time.		Using real Roman objects, find out about a Roman family. Click Here for Roman Factsheet		Find out about Saxons and Vikings from what they left behind.
Science: Biodiversity through Art		Science: Volcanoes and Rocks		Secrets of Ancient Egypt		Stone Age to Bronze Age
Explore your school’s playground. Look for evidence of biodiversity in plants, seeds and shells.		Geology (with history). Look at various rock formations and see how they were produced.		Find out about the mummification process and after-life beliefs of the Egyptians.		Hands on activities cover topics including shelter, food, hunting and weapons
Storytelling		Summer Pastimes		Toys past and present		Tudor Lives/Tudor Christmas
Explore different strategies for telling stories		Become a detective: can you work out where our mystery family has been on holiday and what they have been doing?		Investigate the toys people played with in the past. A separate Toy Making Workshop is also available		Subjects include lighting, washing, toys costume, block printing/Christmas traditions
Victorian Christmas		Victorian Washday		First World War		Second World War – The Home Front
Come to a Victorian house party in full costume and meet your host. A magical experience for any age!		Children will be given the opportunity to get their hands wet and have a go at rubbing, scrubbing and making soap flakes		Sharing the life of a local soldier through objects, costume, photos and documents.		What was it like for children in the Second World War?