In this workshop children will look at how their own city was affected by the First World War. Understanding conscription and the formation of the Bradford Pals, mobilisation of men and horses and war work. We take a look at the Low Moor Munitions disaster and the tireless work of caring for wounded soldiers. We end with remembrance and the city’s war memorials.

This workshop looks in depth at the home front in Britain. Starting with immediate changes such as rationing and the blackout to jobs and the Blitz. Children will be issued with identification cards and evacuee labels, take part in an air raid practice and practice their code breaking skills. At the end of the workshop there is an opportunity to investigate real artefacts from the war including photographs, military documents and a soldier’s helmet.

In this workshop we follow the events of the fire through the story of three people that were there Robert Viner, Joshua Kirton and Sibil Theame. Using their experience along with the dairies of Samuel Pepys children get a real and vivid account of destruction caused by the fire. Using story boards students will help build a picture of events in the order they happened. These story boards will then help students to create their own timeline for the classroom.

This half day workshop looks at the change in life from the stone age to the iron age. We will cover the Mesolithic and Neolithic Ages and study the important sites of Skara Brae and Stonehenge. Students will then have the opportunity to create their own piece of Stone Age inspired cave art and learn how historians use these drawings to tell us about civilisation at this time. We then move on to the creation of Bronze and transition to the Iron Age and the changes this had on society.

This full day workshop offers an immersive experience into the world of the Victorians. Students will decide if the Industrial Revolution had a positive or negative effect on society. Working in families they will collect piece work materials from the factory owner and complete the task and be paid for their efforts. Students will enter the workhouse to pick oakum to understand how inmates might have felt doing this job for 12 hours a day. The afternoon will take us to some of the worst jobs of the period and the Great Exhibition, finishing with a taste test of some of the sweets and drinks the Victorians gave us that are still available today.

This workshop can be booked as a full or half day session. It comprises an in depth look at who the Anglo-Saxons were and how they lived including the structure of society and the role of women, houses and food. We then move on to the Viking raids and the eventual formation of the Danelaw and its effect on the people living in it and look at what the Vikings left us. In the full day session we explore religion, how it changed from Pagan to Christianity and the beliefs of the Vikings and the Viking Sagas. Activities include creating an Anglo-Saxon village, learning to sing a song in Old Norse and decoding Viking runes.

This workshop introduces students to the Empire Windrush. Starting with a brief history of the actual ship and how she came to be in Caribbean, then moving on to look at who was on the ship. Students will get the opportunity to study the arrival cards of real passengers to see where they came from their jobs and where they were going to live on arrival in the UK. We will then spend some time looking at the discrimination and racism faced by the passengers and the efforts to improve relations including the creation of the Notting Hill Carnival. Students will have the opportunity to create their own poster to advertise the carnival.

This workshop is a great introduction to the Romans and focuses on their impact on Britain. Students will look at the invasion and Boudica’s rebellion and why the Roman’s were so successful at conquering countries. Students can pick a side by colouring a Roman or Iceni shield ready for battle. We then take an in depth look at life under Roman rule, the formation of Londinium and the weird and wonderful foods the Romans ate. Students will then create a menu for their own restaurant using these gruesome examples. Our final stop is Hadrian’s Wall and the eventual decline of the empire. This workshop is available as a full or half day workshop.

This workshop can be booked as a half day or full day session. We start with who the Greeks were and the development of city states like Athens and Sparta. We then look in depth at life in Ancient Greece covering homes, schooling, women and fashion and beauty. As part of a full day workshop students can sample a traditional Greek breakfast including spelt bread, honey, olives and olive oil and raisins. Whilst we learn about entertainment students will form teams to take part in their own classroom Olympics with medals for all before we move on to medicine and philosophy ending with a philosophy debate with age-appropriate questions to discuss.

This workshop starts off looking at the timeline of Ancient Egypt from the first Egyptian kings to Cleopatra, before learning about the importance of the Nile and major archaeological discoveries. We then move on to death, the afterlife and mummification which leads to our first activity of decorating your own sarcophagus, what would you like to tell people about yourself? We then move on to Gods and Pharaohs and designing a temple for an Egyptian god. We finish with an in depth look at Tutankhamun and the discovery of his tomb by Howard Carter.