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Nancy Detchon
Feb 22, 2014
Exciting Egyptians in Doncaster for KS1
What a great day we had at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School in Doncaster! Recently back from excavating in Egypt ;-), Dr...
Nancy Detchon
Jan 16, 2014
Archaeological Allsorts – the new Enrichment Through Archaeology online newspaper!
Enrichment Through Archaeology now has its own online newspaper, dedicated to bring you all sorts of snippets about archaeology, heritage...
Nancy Detchon
Jan 15, 2014
The Trojans back at Derby High School!
Well, ok, this workshop took place way back in September 2013, but I now have some photos to share with you and have a found a few...
Nancy Detchon
Dec 6, 2013
Children, Archaeology and Unexpected Interpretations
Below is the edited transcript of a presentation I gave at Dearne Valley Archaeology Day in 2012. I’ve also uploaded it as a PDF...
Nancy Detchon
Nov 19, 2013
“Archaeology Day was awesome, inspiring and amazing!”
This was the conclusion of the girls at Northampton High School! Let me tell you a little more about it… Thursday 14th November saw me...
Nancy Detchon
Oct 7, 2013
Busy September
September was a whirlwind of a month. We’re already well into October and this is the first time I have had chance to sit down and blog!...
Nancy Detchon
Sep 24, 2013
Anglo-Saxon Workshop at Atherton
I returned to St Richard’s Primary School in Atherton last week to deliver an Anglo-Saxon archaeology workshop. After training the...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 23, 2013
Exciting things afoot at Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust!
I have recently begun work with Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust (otherwise known as SIMT) and we are planning some really exciting...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 17, 2013
Calow visits Arbor Low
Yesterday, the sun was shining, and 15 happy Y5s from Calow Primary School put to use the skills they have been developing throughout the...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 11, 2013
Our star find!
Well, it might not be Tudor, but what we did find last Saturday (6th July at the Dove Valley Centre) was this clay pipe. We have dated...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 8, 2013
Tudors, Trowels and a Trench
Saturday saw Enrichment Through Archaeology at the Dove Valley Centre at Under Whitle Farm in Sheen for their Tudor Farming Day. This...
Nancy Detchon
Jun 18, 2013
Archaeology and the National Curriculum: Part 4
It’s taken me a while to get back to this, but here we are again, at last! It’s time to move on from KS1 English (see Archaeology & the...
Nancy Detchon
Jun 6, 2013
Reception and KS1 become Roman potters!
What a fantastic day Ian and I had with Reception and KS1 at Downfield Primary School in Cheshunt on Tuesday! You may have seen my...
Nancy Detchon
May 30, 2013
Samian Ware Workshop preparations…
For the past few days, my house and garden has looked rather like a Samian Ware factory… For those of you who don’t know, Samian Ware is...
Nancy Detchon
May 22, 2013
Archaeology and the National Curriculum: Part 3
Welcome to Archaeology and the National Curriculum: Part 3. To catch up, read ‘Can the whole of the National Curriculum be taught...
Nancy Detchon
May 14, 2013
Archaeology and the National Curriculum: Part 2
I did intend to address the issue of how archaeology can be used to teach the whole of the National Curriculum in England more regularly...
Nancy Detchon
May 7, 2013
Re-defining, Re-designing
I have being having a rethink about Enrichment Through Archaeology lately: what I want to do and where I want to be in the future....
Nancy Detchon
May 1, 2013
Can the whole of the National Curriculum be taught through Archaeology?
I have been known to say that I think every learning objective in the National Curriculum for England could be taught through the subject...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 17, 2013
Treasure Hunters
Recently, I was asked to work with a Y5 class at The Croft Primary School in Armitage, Rugeley, whose current topic was ‘Treasure...
Nancy Detchon
Apr 16, 2013
Trojan War in Lancashire!
We took the Trojan War to Lancashire and gave pupils at Calder Vale St John’s and Scorton C of E Primary Schools a morning to remember....
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