Learning Through Action

EGY(i)
Everyday life is explored through legends, stories, masks, and the handling of artefacts, and a 'Participatory' Burial Ceremony!

See a session in action in our media gallery.

GRK(i)
A marketplace in ancient Athens - a trader takes us back to the 5th century BC - evocative artefacts and interactive storytelling, the world of the ancient Greeks, with its gods and myths - experiential learning at its best.

See photographs of this workshop in the Media Gallery

Read about this project on the St. Francis Primary School website.

Select your desired focus from....

I&S(i) a Celtic villager,

I&S(ii) a Roman citizen of Calleva (today's Silchester),

I&S(iii) a Saxon farmer,

I&S(iv) a Viking warrior

.... who tell how life is for them,

OR

I&S(v)
an overview of 1000 years of invaders and settlers who made their home in Britain and created the foundation of our present-day heritage

– each historical character brought to life in a shared experience, through role play, simulation, storytelling and artefacts

See a 'Celtic/Roman' session in a school from the comfort of your computer screen - visit St. Francis Primary School website.

TUD(i)
Children, in role as employees in a large manor house in the 1580s, prepare for a Royal Visit by Queen Elizabeth I. The experience climaxes with the Queen's arrival: the children present gifts and dance for Her Majesty.

Select from...

VIC(i) ....on the canals

VIC(ii) ....on the farm

VIC(iii) ....in the classroom

VIC(iv) Seasons of Change
Children step back in time as labourers in a 19th century farming community, at the time of the enclosures. A way of life is threatened by the coming of the steam-powered threshing machine, and by fear of having to go on to parish relief. Hands-on use of artefacts, including Victorian farming implements, helps children share in how it was.

VIC(v) Yesterday's Children
This is what life was like for most children in Victorian times. Children investigate in-role the life experiences of their forbears labouring in the cotton mills, the match factories, and mines of the industrial revolution in 19th century Britain.

VIC(vi) 'Florence Nightingale'
....visits your class to tell her story. She will answer any questions the children may like to ask.

Home Front
How it was, living in Britain in the early years of World War Two - the impact of the war on families. Pupils can try their hand at French knitting, rag rug-making, and how to make a dishcloth from string.