Courses & Demonstrations

Courses & Demonstrations
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This is a basic catalogue of facilities and abilities that I have to offer.
If there may be something you require that is not listed, please contact me.

If you would like to register your interest, drop me an email!

NB. Prices will be quoted depending on location.

Historical Periods	Schools	Projects	Talks	Workshops
Skills	Day Courses	Course Dates

Periods Covered
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Palaeolithic	Tools, Shelter, Clothing
Mesolithic	Tools, Shelters, Cooking, Clothing, Pottery
Neolithic	Tools, Housing, Cooking, Clothing, Pottery, Life style
Bronze Age	Tools, Weapons, Clothing, Cooking, Pottery, Bronze working, Housing, Life style
Iron Age	Tools, Weapons, Clothing, Cooking, Pottery, Bronze working, Iron working, Housing, Life style
Romano-British	Tools, Clothing, Cooking, Pottery, Bronze working, Iron working, Housing, Life style

On offer to Schools
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I have many years experience teaching 7 - 11 year olds by using 'living history'. I am also registered with the CIB to work with children. Check me out
Inset for Teachers	Would you like to have a concentrated session to learn about the Celts and Romans at the time of the invasion? Let your teachers ask all the questions they want, and have access to a pool of knowledge and resources to help them in teaching British prehistory. Lots of ideas for activities and projects.
Hands on day for pupils	A day in the classroom, giving your children a experience they will not forget. Encounter a Celtic Warrior. Experience the goriest talk you have ever heard! A 'hands-on' day of Celtic or Roman living skills. Flour production on querns. Spinning a woollen thread and weaving it into cloth. Creating Celtic art in assorted forms. Handle stone, bronze, and iron; tools and weapons.
Roundhouse construction	Would you like to build a round house at your school? I can give you a head start by coming to your school and teaching you the basic skills needed to build on.
Resources	Information packs. Reproduction artefacts.

1 - 3 Day Courses for Adults
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1 day	Iron Smelting	Smelting with a bowl furnace can be done in a day. A big chimney furnace takes a couple of days to construct, and when dry, a day to smelt.
1 +1.5 day 1 day	Pottery	A day to make pots. When dry, 24 hours to fire and cool. Can be a pit-clamp or kiln
1 day	Food & Cooking	Preparation, cooking, and eating of food over a day. Looking at ingredient, food production.
1 day to 1 week	Charcoal Production	Building and firing of a traditional charcoal clamp to produce fuel for metal working. Depending on the size of clamp, from one day, or up to a week.
1 day	Prehistoric Shoes	Looking at evidence of a variety of shoes from prehistory. Theory of tanning leather. Methods of leather working, inc. decoration. Making a pair of shoes to take away with you.
1 day	Cloth Production	Information on prehistoric textiles; linen, wool, nettle. Spinning wool with a dropspindle. Construction and use of a loom. Tablet weaving. Plaiting, braids, cloth sewing. Production of wool cloth, weaving patterns.
1 day	Bronze Casting	Learn to cast by lost wax, and open mould
1 or 2 days	Building Construction	Learn to build prehistoric buildings. Learn woodwork skills. Try out handtools of the type used. Basic thatching. How buildings work
1 day	Coracle	Build yourself a coracle.

Projects
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House building	Design and construct prehistoric buildings from archaeological evidence.
Field systems	Set up and advise on prehistoric field systems.
Pottery	Build and operate a variety of Ironage/Romano kilns.
Metal Working	Build and set-up a metal working unit. Smelting. Casting. Blacksmithing.

Skills
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Woodland	Coppicing and Pollarding
Buildings	Frame construction, wattling, daubing, thatching, decorating
Farming	Ploughing with cattle. Familiar with a range of prehistoric crops, preparation and storage. Threshing, winnowing, use of grain stores and storage pits.
Pottery	Preparation of clay, building or turning pots, building and firing kilns.
Textiles	From sheep to shirt.

Talks and Lectures
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Talks and Lectures can be arranged for your club, society, or organisation.
Lots to see and do.
Static displays, and hands on items.
Talk can be given in period clothing.

Subjects can be history, clothing, food, living conditions.

Workshops - Kids
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Warriors	Design and decoration of a Celtic shield, to take with them when finished. A VERY gory weapons talk, children must be at least 7 years old
Celtic Art	Designs and patterns of Celtic art. Production of a number of pieces to take away.
Celtic Shoes	The making and fitting of a simple pair of Celtic shoes. To take with them.

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