What We Do

We provide archaeology workshops for schools that complement the National Curriculum and enrich pupils learning. 

Our workshops typically include a mini-excavation, handling replica and real artefacts, making a mini-museum, pot making, and craft activities to help children experience what life might have been like in the past. They are delivered by Ian or Catherine who are both experienced archaeologists and qualified teachers. 

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Complementing Your Teaching

We will provide you with a great workshop to complement your teaching of the history syllabus, and an archaeological workshop is just the thing to engage your class’s interest from the outset. Tackling periods from The Stone Age to The Vikings, we guarantee that WOW factor! 

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​All our workshops address History learning objectives, such as developing an awareness of the past, chronological understanding, and using a wide vocabulary of historical terms. We actively encourage children to ask and answer questions and to identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.

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Meet Real Archaeologists!

Of course, our workshops also give children the chance to understand how we know about the past. They will use real archaeological tools, handle genuine and reproduction artefacts, and meet real archaeologists! 

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Both Catherine and Ian are actively involved in archaeological fieldwork, making their own discoveries from all periods of the past. 

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Meet Multiple Curriculum Objectives

Depending on the Key Stage, workshop, and your specific needs, a number of other curriculum objectives can also be explicitly addressed. This could include a range of subjects such as Geography (e.g. using maps, developing fieldwork skills), Science (e.g. gathering and recording data), and Maths (e.g. measurement). 

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Bespoke Workshops

As well as the ‘off the shelf’ workshops described in the following pages we can develop and deliver bespoke workshops so please contact us to discuss your requirements. 

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The Cost

We provide either a 1/2 day or a whole day archaeology workshop for schools. The cost of a 1/2 day workshop is £225 and a full day is £395. The cost includes all materials and resources. These costs are based on up to around 60 children per workshop (e.g. two classes). When the number of participants is more than this, please contact us to discuss options. 

Travel expenses are extra at 50p per mile. 

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The Audience

Whilst the focus of our workshops is on the KS2 curriculum, they can all be adapted to meet the needs of KS1 pupils and KS3 pupils.

 

Each of our workshop pages contains testimonials from our happy customers or take a look at a selection, below.

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