Your class will take part in activities from grinding grain on quern stones to make flour to weaving on warp weighted looms and Iron Age cooking, experiencing life in ancient Britain first-hand. Pupils also experience a more sustainable way of life for the future with sustainable facilities such as a solar powered green toilet.
Enjoyment: Children enjoy being outdoors and often face new challenges with positive attitudes, helping each other and working as a team.
Self Confidence: Children develop in confidence as they try new activities and progress towards successfully participating in new activities or seeing the visual results of a craft.
Social Skills: Children and young people appreciate the need to work together in challenges and the role in the group.
Appreciation for the Natural World: As children experience first-hand how the ancient Britons lived in harmony with the natural world, their appreciation, respect and belonging to their natural environment grows.
New Skills: Children learn new skills from weaving on a warp-weighted loom to shooting with a wooden longbow, and learn the importance of training to improve performance. Other skills include understanding how to dress appropriately for the outdoors and to feel comfortable being outside in a range of weathers.
Personal Development: Children learn self-reliance, how to take responsibility for their role in a group and work to succeed at new challenges whilst keeping a good humour in moments of discomfort.
Life Skills: Children and young people develop their skills to work cooperatively, communicate with each other and help their group achieve its goal.
Healthy Lifestyle: Children learn the benefits of outdoor activities and healthy leisure pursuits such as walking in the woods to Longbow Archery.
Motivation for Learning: Children are stimulated and remember an emotive hands-on experience, they learn to always try to achieve their best even in other areas of school and home life.
Travel back in time on our Farmer Day which transports you from early Neolithic farming to Iron Age technology.
'The opportunities to participate in activities as the Celts would have done were incredibly beneficial. Lots of children will have learned far more about the natural world through doing rather than listening.' Lauren Line, De Havilland
Up to 150 children.
The Prehistory Centre is new heritage centre with a Stone to Iron Age exhibition and photo backdrops of Prehistory landscape including Stone Henge! Roundhouses are outdoor classrooms and we have a cafe and outdoor under cover eating area.
We have first aiders on site and first aid kits.
We have a disabled toilet and access for all pathway around the Camp and educators experienced in leading children with additional needs.