JORVIK Group Education Winter 2015 Newsletter

Schools Newsletter

PREHISTORY SPECIAL Paddock Hill image by F. Gardiner. Supplied by Hull and East Riding Museums

Sheldon Memorial Trust Schools Competition

York Archaeological Trust has teamed up with the Sheldon Memorial Trust to present a unique opportunity for schools in City of York Local Education Authority to get a head start in prehistory. The Sheldon Memorial Trust is offering a prize worth ÂŁ1000 for a school to explore their prehistoric local landscape. The winning school will enjoy

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a session exploring the landscape around the school with a community archaeologist a fun prehistory workshop in the classroom a demonstration of prehistoric technology the use of a prehistory loan box, packed with replica artefacts and classroom resources To be in with a chance of winning, tell us what top 3 things you and your class would like to learn about prehistory in your area. You can do this with letters, drawings or even a video: your class might enjoy role-playing some aspects of prehistoric life! The class with the most creative and persuasive approach will be the winner. For more terms and conditions, see www.thejorvikgroup.com/education

Prehistory Lesson Plans

We have a range of lesson plans and paper resources available to help you to tackle Prehistory for primary learners. Subscribe to our Prehistory mailing list for new instalments as they become available. We also offer support for other History topics: find out more by visiting www.thejorvikgroup.com/education.

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Schools Newsletter

Summer Schools

East Yorkshire is home to one of the richest and best-preserved prehistoric landscapes in the UK. The Yorkshire Wolds have hillforts, barrows, and standing stones, and have yielded up such archaeological treasures as chariot burials, pottery and the mysterious Folkton Drums. In summer 2015, York Archaeological Trust invites you to explore this heritage, either with a free visit to Octon in the Wolds or through our Summer Schools scheme. A half-day at Octon will allow your class to explore a landscape shaped by our prehistoric and medieval ancestors. With earthworks, a deserted village and an ancient cruck-built farmhouse all on site, young learners can apply archaeological techniques and their imaginations to investigate how life in Octon has changed over the centuries. If you are unable to visit, schools within a 50-mile radius of York can enjoy a one- or two-day Summer School with our archaeologists, who will bring the Prehistoric Wolds to life in your classroom with a range of resources and fun activities. To find out more call Frances Bennett, Education Officer, on 01904 615508, or visit www.thejorvikgroup.com/education and see our brilliant KS 1 – 3 Learning Programme.

New for 2015!

Prehistory Loan Boxes

We have now expanded our ever-popular loan box service to cover British Prehistory. Our boxes are full of resources that will inspire and entertain your class, with tools, traditional materials, and artefacts from prehistoric craft and ritual. They also include an archaeological site modelling kit, so that your learners will get a feel for the historic landscape to which these objects belong.

Virtual Outreach for Your Class

Our virtual outreach ‘Ask the Archaeologist’ service is increasingly in demand by teachers wishing to bring prehistory expertise into their classroom via Skype. Our talented DIG staff have devised a range of new tactics for illustrating key prehistory themes for young learners, and have even gone so far as to build models of barrows and houses of the sort found in prehistoric Yorkshire!

A virtual outreach session can be a lively and entertaining introduction to this period, and costs just £35. For more information and to book a session, call our reservations department on 01904 615505.

Harry Gregory from our Education Team with resources from our Prehistory-themed virtual outreach.

For more information on all the Education opportunities across The JORVIK Group visit www.thejorvikgroup.com/education

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