History Off the Page will take up to 60 KS 1 to recreate and experience aspects of a seaside holiday of the past. The day is divided into three exciting hands-on and interactive sessions.

Session one: Investigating and handling artefacts in our travelling museum.

HOP will bring up to ten suitcases of artefacts from the late Victorian and Edwardian periods together with some more modern examples from the fifties. All the children will begin the session as curators. Later some children will become visitors to the museum, whilst others remain as curators for half the time and then the groups will change over.

Session two: Practical Activities

Using the evidence above the children will prepare games and toys for the afternoon visit to the pier [examples: roll a penny, Aunt Sally, puppet shows etc]

Session three: Drama & role-play

After purchasing their tickets the children will ‘board the train to the seaside.’ The children will be split into two groups, half to ‘staff’ the stalls at the fair and half to play the games which have been made. Again, they will change over.

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