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Teaching about the Tudors this year?
Looking for a history lesson with a difference?
Want your children to be enthralled and amazed?

Are you studying the Tudors this year in Key Stage 2 or Significant people or events in history in Key Stage 1? If the answer is yes then Tudor Travellers provide the perfect solution for your interactive history work.

Inviting Historical Interpreters into school is the ideal way to enrich and broaden the history experience for children of any age. A day with the Tudor Travellers is worth weeks of book work.

A visit from the Tudor Travellers works equally well at any point during your project. It is an excellent way to launch a new topic; to inject a new perspective and experience in the middle of a topic or at the end of a topic where the children are able to show their understanding and you can stand back and use it as an assessment opportunity.

Areas of the Primary National Curriculum we can cover include:

The lives and events of the Tudor dynasty one of the most famous and significant families to rule England.

The age of exploration, with privateers and wonderful discoveries from the new world.

The lives of rich and poor and the many laws that governed all walks of life.

The changes to religion and the turmoil that ensued.

Leisure, entertainment and sports.

Warfare and a soldier’s life.

Urban & rural life.

A standard visit from the Tudor Travellers involves Will Becket coming to your school to portray a number of different characters who present what life was like during the 16th century. The day can include a number of different sessions with different ways of working so we are able to engage all children. We use character presentations to start with, giving the children the chance to look at the vast array of artefacts, and ask Will questions about his life and life in general. We then can offer a variety of different workshops to make sure all children get involved, these workshops may be, banner making, penmanship, learning and performing a mummer’s tale, halberd drill. These are only to give you an idea of what we do, please CONTACT US to discuss your individual requirements. An even broader experience can be provided by having more re-enactors attend. This then enables more small group work or provide a wider variety of experiences during the day.

 

Cooking pottage, is a good activity to start with a Living historian then finish in class with the class teacher.

Although not compulsory we believe that if the children and staff dress in a style appropriate for the day and speak in the language of the time the experience is greatly enhanced.

Each school's individual requirement is happily discussed, to ensure that the time spent with the Tudor Travellers is not only a memorable one, but more importantly, exceptionally worthwhile for the children's learning. Tudor Travellers can tailor your school experience to fit your school's space and budget. We can provide one Living Historian for a day or several for a whole week.

Children at Rayleigh Primary School in Essex sharing their work during a pageant to celebrate a whole 'Tudor week' in school.

Good King Hal looks at work by children during a pageant

We can tailor your visit to meet your specific needs. Rather than tell you what we will do, we prefer to know what you want. It is important for us to know where you are with your project so we know where to pitch our presentations and workshops. Communication prior to a visit is crucial and we always like to discuss at some length what you hope to get from a visit by Tudor Travellers.

For details of cost, availability and event planning please CONTACT US

 

With thanks to Rayleigh Primary School for these images

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