School: Spalding Gleed Boys' School
Status: Completed
Date Started: 1 Jan 2009
Date Completed: 28 Mar 2009
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History Workshop
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A NSEW event bases in school using a local history link with STEM subjects and carried out by year 9's, 8's and 7's and an invited audience from two local primary school.
The audeience watched a series of sketches giving the historical background to the event.
Teams carried out a series of tasks to gain clues to the location of a part of King John's Treasure. These involved obtaining coin densities, soil pH, building circuits incorporating mercury tilt switches, laser mazes etc.
GCSE Media Studies students recorded and edited a film of the event.
A local museum education officer brought in artfacts and replica costumes, weapons and weaving and knitting apparatus. D&T students produced replica coins. Drama students acted out a series of historical sketches.
Two freelance staff helped organise the activities.