Living History Workshops - Gallery & Testimonials

Living History Workshops - History Workshops for Schools & Community Groups

Gallery

A selection of photos from historical workshops with schools and community groups over the last few years.

Rehearsing for the play
A 'tustedo' demonstration
Emperor Thomias Maximus
Teaching Assistant disguised as a Roman
Making Roman coins to take home and keep
Some of class 6 practicing the play that they wrote.
The Emperor and friends, surrounded by his (her!) trusty cohors praetoria.
A slave assists a sickly banquet guest.
Children enjoying a Roman Banquet.
Script from a play, written by year 3 children.
Checking out the chain-mail.
A Viking Banquet.
Vikings enjoying a bite to eat.
Viking Tim
Making Viking Shields
A Viking Shield
Battle Drill
Roman Coins
'The Invasion'
Having written their own play, children perform it to the rest of the class.
The Day of Syn group performing a play to children of St Nicholas School
A rare Romney Marsh token
A grave in Lydd Cemetry - perhaps a smuggler?
Learning to spin at the Romney Marsh Visitor Centre
Taking part in the New Romney Country Fayre Parade
A few helping hands
Trying on the chainmail
A viking cub
Building a wattle and dawb house
Look what we did!
Many cubs make light work
Checking for gaps
Putting the walls together
A showing of shields
A trip to the Slave Market
The Roman Army of Tunstall
The highly trained Roman Army perform the Testudo manouver
Watching plays at the amphitheatre
Freshly made money
Caesar enjoys the banquet
Vikings!
Viking Feast
Would-be Warrior
Amulet showing a Viking ship
A Viking Burial
Miniature Ceremonial Burial Helmet
Burial items
Making items for the burial
Preparing the King for burial
Viking women making jewellery for the afterlife
Battle Drill
Wattle and Daub
Using the quern stone
Building a Long Hall
A Boat Burial fit for a King
Jewellery made by children at an outdoor workshop
Dark Age Rune Bracelet
Pewter Rune Bangle
Pewter and Leather Pendants
East Stour Egyptians
Making clay bricks
Using the bow lathe
Playing 'Egyptian Tomb Raider'!
Weaving on a floor loom
Building the Pharoah's tomb
Farming in the 1800's
Tithe Detectives - searching for clues in old records
Road Building - the History of Transport
Testing the 1896 speed limit
Milling grain using a quern stone
Transport Through the Ages - Building Roads
Testing the roads
Where are they now? Local History.
Fun with mud (building roads)
'Now how do you think it works....?'
Using old farming tools
Learning about steam
Having fun on the playground..
Breaking the 4mph speed limit
Glastonbury 2010
Checking out the artefacts

Testimonials

Our clients have had some really lovely things to say about our workshops - read some of them here!

'Very hands-on - the children thoroughly enjoyed getting into role and dressing up. They will remember this for a long time.'

C Meadows, Hilltop Primary School

'Brilliant organisation. Wonderful that children have some memorabillia to take home.'

C Burridge, Great Doddington Primary School

'Lots of short, sharp segments - great!'

J Allaf, Willesborough Junior School

'Perfect balance between fun activities but lots of learning going on.'

Mrs Hughes, Cheriton Primary School

'We all thought it was fantastic! Children were engaged the whole day. Children who wouldn't normally participate participated and enjoyed it thorougly!'

K Willett, St Andrew's CE Primary School

'We liked the way it was cross curricular.

Keep doing what you are doing - very well done!'

Natalie Thompson, Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

'You have been very flexible. The children have learnt loads!'

A Carvill, East Stour Primary

"I can definitely recommend Living History Workshops. This is what learning History should be about!"

Steve Humphries, Manager Romney Marsh Visitor Centre

"An excellent day! I just couldn't believe what the children came up with!"

Mrs Ransley, Year 3 Teacher, Greatstone Primary School.

"The best bit was making the lucky charms even though it made me unlucky!"

Emma, All Saints School, Putney Common

"Perfect for what we wanted. Love the feast!"

Miriam English, Sythwood School

"Beneficial both as part of the history scheme of work and as a stand-alone project."

Mr Morgan-John, Gifted and Talented Children's Co-ordinator.

"It was BRILLIANT!"

Amelia Yr 3

"I'm going to wear my amulet all summer!"

Dom

"Thank you so much for coming into our school and teaching us so much about the Romans in a really fun and exciting way. We really enjoyed it!"

Lympne Primary School.

"One of the best days of my life!"

"Can you come back tomorrow please?"

"I'm going to write another play when I get home - it was great!"

From children of Class 6, Greatstone Primary School

"Wicked! I can clearly remember the Roman project we did at school when I was 10 because we enacted it and it came alive!"

Nick Ratcliffe (age mid 30's!) Derby

"I had so much fun and I wish we could do it again!"

Esther, 10, John Wesley C.of.E. Primary School, Ashford

'The children really enjoyed it because so many things happened. They never had a chance to get bored. The range of resources and props. was excellent.'

S Samuels, Westfield Primary School

Rehearsing for the play

A 'tustedo' demonstration

Emperor Thomias Maximus

Teaching Assistant disguised as a Roman

Making Roman coins to take home and keep

Some of class 6 practicing the play that they wrote.

The Emperor and friends, surrounded by his (her!) trusty cohors praetoria.

A slave assists a sickly banquet guest.

Children enjoying a Roman Banquet.

Script from a play, written by year 3 children.

Checking out the chain-mail.

A Viking Banquet.

Vikings enjoying a bite to eat.

Viking Tim

Making Viking Shields

A Viking Shield

Battle Drill

Roman Coins

'The Invasion'

The Day of Syn group performing a play to children of St Nicholas School

A rare Romney Marsh token

A grave in Lydd Cemetry - perhaps a smuggler?

Learning to spin at the Romney Marsh Visitor Centre

Taking part in the New Romney Country Fayre Parade

A few helping hands

Trying on the chainmail

A viking cub

Building a wattle and dawb house

Look what we did!

Many cubs make light work

Checking for gaps

Putting the walls together

A showing of shields

A trip to the Slave Market

The Roman Army of Tunstall

The highly trained Roman Army perform the Testudo manouver

Watching plays at the amphitheatre

Freshly made money

Caesar enjoys the banquet

Vikings!

Viking Feast

Would-be Warrior

Amulet showing a Viking ship

A Viking Burial

Miniature Ceremonial Burial Helmet

Burial items

Making items for the burial

Preparing the King for burial

Viking women making jewellery for the afterlife

Battle Drill

Wattle and Daub

Using the quern stone

Building a Long Hall

A Boat Burial fit for a King

Jewellery made by children at an outdoor workshop

Dark Age Rune Bracelet

Pewter Rune Bangle

Pewter and Leather Pendants

East Stour Egyptians

Making clay bricks

Using the bow lathe

Playing 'Egyptian Tomb Raider'!

Weaving on a floor loom

Building the Pharoah's tomb

Farming in the 1800's

Tithe Detectives - searching for clues in old records

Road Building - the History of Transport

Testing the 1896 speed limit

Milling grain using a quern stone

Transport Through the Ages - Building Roads

Testing the roads

Where are they now? Local History.

Fun with mud (building roads)

'Now how do you think it works....?'

Using old farming tools

Learning about steam

Having fun on the playground..

Breaking the 4mph speed limit

Glastonbury 2010

Checking out the artefacts