Prehistory
Day Trips
Experimental Learning from Stone to Iron Age KS2
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celticharmony.org/daytrips
Prehistory Day
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Explore a million years of prehistory in one day guided by our expert time travellers! Learn about tools and weapons made from Stone, Bronze and Iron through: Flints & Soap knapping arrow heads Wattling fencing and exploring the Bronze Age Roundhouse Iron Age Warrior Training Trading for Rope and Flints Superb day. Great fun. All practical work and experience really important for learning. B. Hyland, Garden Fields, September 2017
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Stone Age Day
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Experience life as Neolithic Hunter Gatherers and watch the Friction Fire Lighting display then take part in: Forage for food, hunt the Mammoth Build your own shelter Flints & Soap knapping arrow heads Trade for skins and horn
An excellent fun filled day about the Stone Age. Very enthusiastic and helpful. Great with the kids. We will go back with some great memories. Miss Moxam , Woodlands September 2017
Farmer
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Work alongside our early Farmers and discover where our food comes from whilst you:
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Grind Grain on Quern Stones and make Flat Bread Weave on Warp Weighted Looms Cook and Dye with herbs Trade for grain and logs
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, May 2017
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Boudicca
Warrior Day
Romans are coming and Boudicca has called on all villagers to fight! Pupils work in teams and complete challenges to earn gold coins. Warrior training Archery Trade and Barter with Celtic coins Boudicca’s Quest Warrior Head Bands and Face Paint
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The day ends with Boudicca’s announcement of the winning Clan in the Chieftain Roundhouse.
The children benefitted from being inside the roundhouses. Enabled children with SEN to integrate fully with rest of the class. Not usually possible without extreme differentiation and 1-to-1 support. Rebecca Eames, Chesham Preparatory School, June 2017
Chieftain day Learn from our Archers, Hunters, Warriors, Druids and Crafts People the skills to become as brave and wise a leader as Boudicca or King Cunobelin! Each clan will earn gold coins as they complete the challenges of :
We not only believe in the importance of the individual, but also working as a team. All the teams worked well together and everyone went back to school very tired but happy and wanting to return for some more adventures. Sherrardswood School, Welwyn Garden City.
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Target Archery Hunting practice 3D archery in the woods Fire Lighting without matches Crafting your Torc Necklace Tracking & Orienteering Traditional Trade and barter with Celtic coins
Science of herbs New
Learn to keep healthy and make your food tasty guided by our expert herbalists! Discover the mysteries of herbs through: Medicine making: ointments & poultices Cooking and Seasoning prehistoric recipes Making bracelets and Natural Dyeing Trading for Wool and Pottery
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The children loved it, they benefitted from the hands-on activities and immersive nature of the day and the environment of reconstructed roundhouses. Ruth Taylor, UCS Junior School June 2017
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95% of children asked said outdoor learning makes lessons more enjoyable 90 % said they felt happier and healthier 92% of schools said it improves pupils’ health and wellbeing and engages them with learning Natural Connections Demonstration Project 2012 collaborating with 125 schools
The main benefit of this day was the way the children gain a real understanding of what it would have been like in Celtic times in a way book and pictures can’t. Amy Dewar Berkhamsted Prep School, Sept 2017
Ancient woodland
Settlement
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Facilities
Cafe and shop
Gate into prehistory Car & Coach park
FREE
Parking
Main gates
To Hertford
Entrance lane To Brickendon Brickendon Lane
As well as our regular Health & Safety checks we are accredited by Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA), Adventuremark and the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge plus other national governing bodies such as Archery GB. Risk assessments are the basis of all our activities and programmes to ensure effective health and safety management, see our accreditations below.
finalist
2017/18
Best Venue for History Learning
Celtic Harmony provides hands-on cultural heritage education of prehistoric Britain, stimulating an awareness of a more sustainable way of life in harmony with the natural world. Registered Charity Number 1156199
Enter FACE18 when booking to add Face Painting
celticharmony.org/daytrips