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Foundation & Key Stage 1

Our aim is not only to provide a great learning experience but to instill in children a love and understanding of the past and it’s people.

FS & KS1- Cornish Giant, Fact or Fiction?
Meet the real Cornish Giant, Antony Payne in this stimulating workshop. Use his portrait and original artefacts to find out about his life. Discover more about legendary Cornish giants and make a giant group collage to take away.

Old Toys
Explore toys and games from the past, enjoy the wonder of a Victorian magic lantern and make a replica toy to take away.  Links to the National Curriculum area ‘changes within living memory’.

Mrs Trevithick’s Tale
Meet Mrs Trevithick and find out about her inventor husband. Within a dramatic presentation pupils handle and discuss artefacts, photographs and models. This workshop links with the National Curriculum ‘significant historical events, people and places in their own locality’ and ‘the lives of significant individuals in the past’. Also links with Key Stage 2 Local History topic.

Prices:
£5.95 per pupil for a Workshop

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Please call 01872 245170 or email [email protected]