You can focus purely on the Stone Age for half a day, or explore through to the Bronze Age and Iron Age in a full Day.

• Imagine life before metal with hands on investigations of fantastic Stone Age artefacts and tools.

• Have a go using charcoal and pastels to learn about Cave Painting and create a souvenir of the day.

• Explore Bronze Age artefacts and tools through archeological evidence.
  

• Explore the development of pottery, farming and life in Rounds for the British Celts. How did they defend and attack?
  

Catherine will arrive as a Victorian Archeologist to explore this hugely popular ancient topic.

• Hands on investigation of artefacts linked to every day living on the Nile, tools and skills, the afterlife, Gods, Pharaohs and Tutankhamun.
  

• Mummification - wonderfully gruesome!
  

• Hieroglyphic numbers and letters. Be a scribe and have a go with reed pen and ink to create a souvenir of the day.

• Games of luck and skill.

• Warfare.
  

Katerina will focus primarily on the Classical period and the wealth of evidence provided through archeology. Explore society and the lives of both men and women.

• Investigate hands on with museum quality artefacts to learn about everyday life, education and law.
  

• Compare life in Athens and Sparta for both girls and boys.

• Greek games - using strategy.

• Why were they such successful fighters - battle tactics and weapons.

• Medicine and Hippocrates.
  

Flavia will arrive with fantastic museum quality resources to explore nearly 300 years of Roman occupation.

• Hands on investigations of artefacts to explore everyday life and legionaries.

• Roman writing and numerals.

• Roman Games - of luck and skill.
  

• Life in the army - learn Roman drill with a shield and gladius. (Great for photos!)
  

• The British Celts and Boudicca - how did they live and fight? how were they different to the Romans?
  

Itzel will arrive in her hand woven cortes and embroidered huipil and a huge range of quality resources, many directly from Mexico and Guatemala to explore this fascinating civilisation .

• Hands on investigations of artefacts to explore life and beliefs.

• Glyphs and the Number System.

• Understand their concept of time, and astrology through the Calendar Rounds.
  

• Temples and Gods.

Aelfled will arrive to explore the Invasion of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes.

• Hands on investigation of artefacts to explore everyday life and Sutton Hoo.

• Crafts and skills.

• Have a go at leatherwork to make a souvenir of the day while learning about the ancient Runes.

• Life in a longhouse.
  

• Trading and raiding - have a go with shield and axe!
  

• Games of strategy and skill.

Astrid will teach about the Vikings as settlers, raiders and traders using an extensive range of artefacts.

• Hands on artefact investigation.

• Viking Runes - learn a Viking craft skill to create a souvenir of the day.

• Life in a longhouse.

• Trading and actually see how their coins were made.
  

• Raiders! Experience being in a shield wall and learn Norse battle commands to terrify your enemy.

• Viking games
  

A general approach to the Tudors has always been popular, Using archeological evidence from the Mary Rose, portraits and writing there is a wealth of information  to learn. Days can include;

• Comparing the lives of the rich and poor.

• Hands on artefact investigations.

• Tudor Education  - schools, learn to use a counting board and latin numerals.
  

• Navigation and exploration.

• Tudor games and pastimes.

• Code breaking - Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I.
  

• Weapons - ready to challenge the Spanish Armada!

• Tudor Dancing - learn a couple of dances to live music.
  

This is a great way to start a topic and get a feel for the period. It's so easy to dress up for and directly relates to every child's family history.

• Learn from period newspapers and posters - propoganda.
  

• The Battle of the Atlantic - crack the enigma code.
  

• Rationing. Take up the challenge to "Not Waste Food" at lunchtime!
  

• The Blitz, aircraft recognition, blackout and  air raids.

• Uniforms and helmets to try on and explore.

• Period games. How could you pass the time in the Anderson Shelter?