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Four new Discovery Visit guides
Four new Discovery Visit guides - covering the North, West, South and East of England - will be available from the end of March. Please email educationmarketing@english-heritage.org.uk if you would like to have a copy posted to you.
Launceston Townscape Heritage Initiative
Between 28th April and 1st May, over 400 schoolchildren and students in and around Launceston will be visiting Launceston Castle to learn about traditional building materials and techniques. Local craftsmen and women will be demonstrating how to build a cob wall, weave willow baskets and wattle and daub, thatch or slate a roof, and the importance of lime to Cornish buildings. The young people will be able to get their hands – and wellies! – dirty by having a go themselves, as well as having a guided tour of the castle, led by castle staff.
This is a partnership project between Launceston Townscape Heritage Initiative and English Heritage education and site team members. For two days each Primary school visitor will enjoy a half day of hands-on activities and older students will take part in six hours of training from the experts on hand. The main aims of the event are to generate interest among students in following a career in traditional building methods and the historic environment and interest among local schools in visiting the castle.
Festival of History 2009 Family Activity Tent
The English Heritage Education team will be working in partnership with Ecclesiastical Insurance to produce a fun play area with “make and take” activities in the Festival of History’s action-packed Family Tent.
Our theme this year is toys and games throughout history and we will be running FREE activities all through the weekend to help young visitors find out more about what their predecessors did in their spare time – and how some of the same pastimes are still around today.
“Knucklebones” (a bit like today’s Jacks) have been popular since Roman times – test your dexterity by throwing five objects and catching them in one hand or making and/or playing Tudor “cup and ball”.
You can also turn your hand to Victorian “Jumping Jacks” (moving puppet toys), Kineographs (flip books) or dolls made from decorated wooden spoons or have a go creating a flying or spinning helicopter. There should be something from every period to suit every age group, with plenty of crafts to take back home.
Take a welcome break from watching exciting activities by getting stuck in (perhaps even literally) and making your own - Join us for fun in the tent from 9.30 - 5.30 each day.
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