Home Educators
Our workshops use immersive techniques to encourage creative and enquiry led learning. Designed to deliver key historical skills and knowledge these workshops use local history to tell nationally and regionally significant histories. Sessions are run by qualified teachers.
Home Educators Workshop - Ancient Egyptians
Location - St John's House, Warwick
Date - Monday 6th October 9.30am -12.30pm
Join us for a relaxed morning discovering artefacts and practices around ancient Egyptian burials.
After a short introduction to the subject, you will be able to take part in sessions led by our group leaders. The first will allow you to handle real ancient Egyptian artefacts and use questioning to discover what they can tell you about the people who owned them. The second session will take you through the steps to mummify one of your family members.
Activities to take part in at your own pace include heiroglyph writing with reed pens and ink, creating tomb pictures showing scenes from someone's life, and making a shabti doll to take home.
Please arrive at 9.30am for a 9.45am start. On arrival you will be able to sign up for the group leader-led sessions, which last around 30 minutes each.
Tickets £8.50 + booking fee per participating child. Suitable for children aged 6- 11 years (Key Stage 2 equivalent).
Children aged 6 and over require a participating ticket. Please also book a free ticket for adults and non participating children so we know how many people to expect on site.
Accessbility
Some activites will take place on the first floor, which can only be accessed by stairs.
Step-free access is available to the ground floor.
Home Educators Workshop - Victorian Christmas Pudding
Location - St John's House
Date - Thursday 18 December
Come as a family to celebrate Christmas in the Victorian style, with St John’s House dressed for the occasion. Book a slot to make a traditional Christmas pudding in our Victorian kitchen to take home and cook. There will also be the opportunity to make some Victorian-style Christmas tree decorations.
Book per family group, the cost is £12 plus booking fee. Each group must include at least one adult available to supervise pudding-making. Maximum four people per family group. You must be 6 years and over to take part in pudding-making. Please bring a pudding basin or container to take your pudding home in.
Pudding making sessions available at 10am to 11am and 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Decoration crafts available 9.45am to 1pm
Allergies
We follow a nut-free temperance recipe for our Christmas pudding. Unfortunately we are unable to substitute any ingredients so please check the list below for allergens before booking:
Mixed dried fruit (sulphur dioxide); plain flour (wheat); cinnamon; nutmeg; breadcrumbs (wheat and soya); brown sugar; vegetable suet; lemon; eggs; milk (dairy).
