I loved how the Celtic village fitted into the landscape. |
We had our own roundhouse for the day where we could leave our bags, have lunch and huddle around the fire! |
The roundhouse walls had been decorated with lots of fabulous Celtic art which looked great against the white limewash walls. |
Bigger Miss in our roundhouse with some more Celtic wall art behind her. |
The roof was quite a work or art in itself and this shows how it joins with walls and the art inside - it was a bit smoky with the fire- hence the slight haze! |
After an introductory talk by Jenny in 'our' roundhouse we went outside to do some spinning but we were all rather distracted at first by some newborn black lambs on the hill. |
Using the Celtic drop spindle to spin sheep's wool was a lot harder than it looked! |
We all managed to spin enough wool to make a bracelet - some were better than others!! |
The next activity was making a wattle fence with long hazel sticks. Bigger Miss was a little cold at this point - and obviously concentrating hard! |
After they had finished their fencing activity they could go and look at the animals like the spectacularly hairy pigs and the four horned sheep - all old breeds to fit in with the farm. |
After wattle fence making it was back to the Celtic village and the roundhouse for lunch. Isn't the roof just wonderful? |
After our tour it was time for the afternoon's activities. Over to the reconstruction of the Roman Villa to see how it differed from the roundhouse. I didn't take quite as many picture of this- partly because it just wasn't as photogenic as the roundhouses and partly because we had all tired a little I think! |
I nabbed this picture off Wikipedia so you could see what it looks like! |
I thought this Roman numeral converter in the Villa might come in handy! |
I was quite fascinated by the different patterns on the windows in the Roman Villa so took a few pictures of them- there were also murals painted on the walls which I didn't take any pics of. |
After our tour round the Roman villa the next activity was making some Roman mosaics out of small tiles - this was Bigger Miss's effort - she didn't quite get time to finish it though. |
The last activity of the day was probably the most popular - even with the boys. Making Celtic jewellery out of wire -using proper tools. They all got to make one and it was very simple but lots of fun and very effective. |
I am linking up with the lovely Coombe Mill for Country Kids as this was definitely a fresh air day!
This looks like an amazing school trip! Full of such interesting things. My kids hardly ever go on school trips and never have they been anywhere as good as this! I used to love going on the trips when my oldest was little I really need to start doing more with the children's school again.
ReplyDeleteIt was one of the better ones I think, although they also went on a fab one last April/May time. They're quite lucky that from about Yr2 they pretty much go on one every term.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post. It reminds me so much of our family trip to the Weald & Downland open air museum a couple of weeks ago. So much to see and do it makes learning a joy. Delighted you found the time to link this one to Country Kids.
ReplyDeleteThe houses reminds me of the nipa hut at home! I enjoyed looking at your pictures! Looks like an amazing trip!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic day out! So interesting, all your photos are great, gives a real feel for the variety of the day x #CountryKids
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant place to visit with kids and learn about the past. #countrykids
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely place to visit. Love the pigs and lambs too. Lovely photos x
ReplyDeleteWonderful to get a real taste of what it must have been like to live back then. Not sure I fancy the bee hive. Looks like you have to almost climb in. I'll stick with the modern version. #CountryKids
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, what a lot you managed to cram into one day! I like the look of the round house with then toasty fire in, could you cook marshmallows on it? #countrykids
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like learning by doing and seeing is there. This looks a fantastic place for a school trip and very educational.
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous! looks amazing
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Celtic reconstruction villages! We went to one in Hertfordshire last year, and it was one of my favourite ever days out. I bet my two would have enjoyed the Roman mosaic-making, too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic day. I LOVE the bracelets, the wire jewellery and the Lego mosaic.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had lots to look at and learn! A busy day. I'm yet to go on a school trip with big monkey!
ReplyDeleteIt looks fantastic! What a brilliant day out :) I remember visiting somewhere similar with my school as a child and it was pretty fun x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic place to visit! Love that they were able to spin bracelets from wool.
ReplyDeleteOooh wow, this place looks fabulous
ReplyDeleteAmazing Trip.
ReplyDeleteI have read your blog. I enjoyed your post. I hope It was your best educational trip. I never had seen educational trips like this and this amazing place. really good. Thanks for sharing a amazing post.