Key Stage 2 Workshops
Ancient Egyptians
Archaeology and Pyramids, Pharaohs, and Hieroglyphics. Spend a day in the sands of ancient Egypt. Learn about the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and how it helped to unlock the secrets of one of the earliest cultures and their inventions.
Learn about how the Egyptians watered their fields, how they built the great pyramids or how they honored their dead.
Romans and Ancient Britons
Learn about the Roman Empire, its culture, size, and the Army that forged it. Look at some of a Legionary’s equipment, some day-to-day Roman items, and have a go at some Roman army drill.
Who lived here before the Romans came? Live through the Roman invasion of Britain and how life changed once they arrived. Would you rather have been a Roman or a Briton?
Uncover the Roman legacy, what did they do for us and what is there left to see of their civilisation 2000 years on.
Vikings and the Danegeld
Did the Vikings really have horns on their helmets and only drink mead? The answer to these questions and many more in our look at who were the Vikings and why did they come to Britain.
Learn about the Vikings, what they looked like and how they lived. What did the Saxons do about the Vikings and how, from this, the first King of England emerged.
Design your own Viking Shield and take part in shield wall training to ready you for the invasion. Try to haggle for the Danegeld and see just why the Vikings settled in Britain and what they have left behind for us to find.
The Tudors
Henry the VIII, his wives and his court. Have a go at our Tudor succession game and try your hand at
entertaining a King's Court. Look at the reign of Queen Bess (Elizabeth I) and see if you can stop the
Spanish Armada. See the fashions of the day and learn just what they would have to eat.
The Victorians
The Age of Engineering: How the world was changed by the Industrial Revolution in the age of steam and steel. How was life, living conditions and the countryside changed by this revolution. This workshop will be based around the Industrial Revolution in your local area and some of the surviving buildings and infrastructure from that time.
The Age of Empires: Learn about Britain as an imperial power and the rise and fall of our global empire. Look at places such as India and South Africa and understand what it meant for them to be under British rule and just why our empire grew so vast. Also look at some of the more unstable times of the empire, the Boer War and the Indian Mutiny.
Local History Study
Using Local History of your area we deliver a workshop that explores the history that is all around us. If you are organising a Local History topic for your class we will have a character or visit that we can tailor to match.
Stone, Bronze and Iron Age - Prehistoric Life
The invention of fire and the wheel – important discoveries and changes that occurred in this early part of our
past e.g. the transition from hunter-gatherers into farmers and working the land as well as the advances in
technology and metal working.
Learn about the types of houses these early people lived in, what they wore and what there was to eat.
Looking at the local landscape for clues as to what the people of this time did that is still visible today and how
the development of early man affects us today.
Ancient Greece
The home of democracy and theatre. The Greeks were a civilization of city-states, each with its own history,
law, and culture. Where would you have liked to live? Sparta with its warrior culture or Athens the seat of
Democracy? Learn about the origins of the Olympic Games and which Greek medicines we still use today.
Saxons
Who came to Britain once the Romans had left? A look at the lifestyle, clothing, food and language they
brought with them and how that changed the country we live in today.
Learn to write in Saxon runes and discover your own Saxon name. Do you live in a Saxon named village?
Hear some Saxon Sagas and take part in your own Witan or court meeting.
Discover what life was really like in Saxon Britain for the common person and how that changed with the
conversion to Christianity.
World War II
Learn about life on the Home Front. Get a visit from an Air Raid Warden who will show you what life was like
in wartime Britain during the 1940's. Hear about the raids and the rationing, the evacuations and spies. Try
your hand at some wartime codes and communications. Learn what to do in the case of a gas attack and
what you could do as children to help with the war effort.
We can also offer History topic sessions on.
The Normans, The Magna Carta, Knights and Castles, Shakespeare, Crime and Punishment through time, Pirates and the Navy, Highwaymen, Smugglers. Or have a visit from one of our famous characters from History
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