Stone Age to Iron Age
Workshops and Trips for Schools
We have partnered with education charity 'Celtic Harmony' to promote
Prehistory workshops, visits and teacher inset. Click below to see what
they can offer your school:
Prehistory Workshop 'Stone Age Day' Trip Teacher Inset
Outreach for Schools
Prehistory: Hands-on!
A full day Prehistoric Invasion including five amazing hands-on activities.
Let our team of prehistory experts invade your school
Are you looking for a prehistory WOW day as part of the new National Curriculum? Your year group can spend the day with our prehistoric experts and live as Ancient Britons in the comfort of your own school - plus no travel costs!!
Covering the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age this day includes an exciting range of hands-on activities for your pupils:
Example program:
Introduction - face painting
Stone Age activities:
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Friction firelighting demonstration
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Make clay necklaces
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Hunting techniques and flintknapping
Iron Age activities:
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Grind Grain & Dough Making
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Carding & Spinning
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Dyeing and Bracelets
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Trading & Trading Game
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Weapons Demo and Warfare
KS2 Stone Age Day
at Celtic Harmony Camp, Hertfordshire
Discover the Excitement of Exploring & Learning in a Woodland Environment
Your pupils will experience a range of exciting activities in various stimulating settings including:
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Introduction in the stone age encampment
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Friction Fire lighting and Flintknapping talk and display
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Den Building in the Woods
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Hand Painting and clay craft necklace
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Hunting and Gathering in the Forest.
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Trading
Traders (Trading in the afternoon has two parts:)
Part 1: your class will swap real artefacts as they role play as characters and use numerical problem solving in the trading game to barter for a wide range of goods.
Part 2: your pupils will enjoy Trading with Tagua, by swapping their pocket money for coins to trade for the more precious produce in the shop, with a wide range of heritage produce supporting local craftsmen.
Prehistory Inset
for KS2 Teachers
fter the Great Success in 2014 we are pleased to announce the new dates for the Prehistory workshops for 2015
Celtic Harmony Camp, The Iron Age Settlement, near Hertford SG138NY
Time: 3pm to 6pm Booking essential please book online
Thursday 23 April
Thursday 11 June
Thursday 2 July
Thursday 17 September
Thursday 8 October
Our experts have designed an INSET to support your planning and teaching of KS2 Stone, Bronze and Iron Age Britain.
This day is designed to enable you to:
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Enhance your subject knowledge
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Increase your confidence in teaching the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.
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Curriculum-linked activities and resources, which you can take back to the classroom.
Check out Celtic Harmony's book 'Prehistory: Hands-on', now available in our online shop.
