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Ian Parker-Heath
Apr 20, 2022
We're ready to go with this year's CPD days for Teachers!
It's time to announce the dates for this year's CPD days for teachers. We are offering two workshops this year - Prehistory in the Peak...
Ian Parker-Heath
May 20, 2020
Life During Lockdown and After.
Hi, Well we’re in to week 9 of lockdown life here. Of course as soon as the word came, we couldn’t work in schools, or with vulnerable...
Ian Parker-Heath
Sep 29, 2017
What’s In Your Parish? Hartington
Welcome to the second of our blogs on the archaeology in your parish. In this one I’ll be looking at some of the archaeology and heritage...
Nancy Detchon
Dec 7, 2015
Manchester Archaeology Day – a postcript
I recently posted a review of the Manchester Archaeology Day conference which was held at the University of Salford. One of the things I...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 26, 2015
KS2 teachers, what can you find out about . . . the Palaeolithic?
You might think that finding information on the archaeology of the Palaeolithic of the area you live and work in might be difficult....
Nancy Detchon
Jan 18, 2015
Teaching ‘changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age’
At the end of my prehistoric archaeology workshops, teachers often say to me that they have learned as much as the children have. Of...
Nancy Detchon
May 30, 2013
Samian Ware Workshop preparations…
For the past few days, my house and garden has looked rather like a Samian Ware factory… For those of you who don’t know, Samian Ware is...
Nancy Detchon
Dec 3, 2012
Putting my new-found potting skills to the test!
I took my new found beaker-making skills with me when I last visited FitzHerbert Primary School in Fenny Bentley. Â Focussing the children...
Nancy Detchon
Nov 9, 2012
First attempt at making replica Bronze Age beakers…
Well, those of you who tweet, may have caught on to the fact that yesterday I began my first attempt at making replica Bronze Age...
Nancy Detchon
Oct 8, 2012
Being creative – Being resourceful
One of the enjoyable aspects of my work is the preparation I do for workshops and projects in terms of finding and making resources....
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