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History
This page outlines the topics we've covered, as well as the resources and external courses that we've used.
Trips & Workshops
Museum and Sports Day
I organised a day of two halves for our local home ed families to celebrate the end of the academic year (for those that follow the school year). We spent a few hours at Saddleworth Museum taking part in a workshop and then, after a picnic in the park, we had our very own sports ... Read more
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Roman Baths in Bath
No study of Romans would be complete without a trip to the Roman baths in Bath itself. We went down for a weekend and used the YHA Bath as our base for a couple of nights. Our room was smart and comfortable with a private en-suite and the breakfasts were fabulous too! It was a ... Read more
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Colchester Castle and Roman Circus
On a week-long trip “down-south” with Grandma, we went to Colchester, the place where Boudicca and her Iceni tribe defeated the Romans. It used to be the capital of Roman Britain and the current castle sits on the foundations of the famous Temple of Claudius. We visited Colchester Castle which well and truly exceeded our ... Read more
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West Stow Country Park
We feel it’s really good, when we’ve learned about a particular subject or event, to try to give the girls some hands-on experience, so they can see for themselves that learning is not just about reading books, looking at the internet and the theory of things; it’s about things that actually happen in the real ... Read more
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Kentwell Home Ed History festival – amazing!
During our road trip to East Anglia last spring, we spent a day at Kentwell Hall at one of their Hands-On History Days. We attended a special home-ed edition on a Friday so were lucky enough to dodge any really large crowds. And what a day we had. The event takes place throughout the grounds ... Read more
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Trips | Anglo Saxons | History | Stone Age | UK Trips - rest of UK
Boudica Bites back (in a cartoon)
The girls already knew quite a bit about Boudica thanks to Horrible Histories so we decided to write up her rebellion, after reading the CGP Study Guide pages 20-21, as a cartoon storyboard to channel our inner HH comedy skills. Here is Agatha’s cartoon.
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Mosaic making
I found this kit for sale on one of the Facebook home ed resources for sale groups and snapped it up. They’re magnetic foam triangles which you use to make whatever pictures you like. We used our mini whiteboards to stick the pieces to. The girls spent a long time creating various pictures and patterns ... Read more
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Gladiators!
We had a look at the different kinds of gladiators using this Twinkl resource and then we had a go at designing our own. We thought about what weapon we’d choose and what clothes they’d wear. We decided it would be horrible to be a gladiator whatever you had! The girls then set to on ... Read more
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Edible Roman Architecture
We never fail to get baking into a topic somehow so here we are having a go at Roman architecture using Victoria sponge cake! We cut the cake into identical wedge-shaped stones and then piled them together to make an arch. It was easier than I expected and the arches tasted delicious with custard afterwards ... Read more
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Roman weapons in Lego
After learning about Roman weapons (CGP study book pages 10-11) we had a go at making our own catapults out of Lego. It took quite a few modifications and trial runs to get them firing far without falling apart. The girls then had great fun filming them in action using the slow-motion setting on my ... Read more
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