Farmers Day Reception to Year 4

A Fun & Educational Living History Day

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Unique Full Day of Quality Hands-on Activities

• Hands-on Activities designed to Captivate
• Lead by Experienced & Enthusiastic Staff
• In Roundhouses, Feasting and Woodland Shelters
• Guaranteed Successful School Trip Whatever the Weather!
• Free Teacher's Pack to help You plan Your Visit

Choose from the following morning Activities

Will you be a Miller?

• Threshing Spelt Wheat & Grinding Grain on Quern Stones
• Mixing Dough & Baking Bread over the Hearth
• Gathering Herbs for Iron Age cooking

Will you be a Weaver?

• Combing fleece with Carders and Spinning to make Yarn
• Weaving on Warp Weighted Looms to make Cloth
• Dyeing Yarn Vibrant Colours from Herbs and Plants

Will you be a Herbalist?

• Gathering Iron Age Plants in the Herb Garden
• Dyeing with Plants
• Medicine making from Ointments to Poultices

Traders (Trading in the afternoon has two parts:)

Part 1: your class will swap real artefacts as they role play as celtic 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 Celtic coins, by swapping their pocket money for Catuvellaunni coins to trade for the more precious produce in the shop, with a wide range of heritage produce supporting local craftsmen.

Choose from the following Afternoon Activities

Hunting

• Test your aim as you Hunt the Wild Boar
• Develop your foraging skills
• Gather model mushrooms and fruit on the Woodland Trail

Storytelling Workshop

• Listen to a Celtic story and ask any questions
• A fun and lively session bringing Celtic folklore alive with imaginative interaction

Owl Flying Display Thursdays Only

• Learn about the hunting techniques using birds of prey
• See the owls up close and watch them ßy in this interactive display

Worrior talk

• Learn battle techniques to keep you alive!
• Work with the warrior, see the weapons

As featured in Times Educational Supplement 2008
'Target the small and local if you want to find fulfilling places to visit with your pupils.' says Hannah Frankel and provides Celtic Harmony Camp as an example 'Pupils will find themselves weaving, spinning, grinding grain, making bread, hunter-gathering and trading at this Iron Age Village.'

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