Back to the Stone Age for Ormskirk!
Y3s at Aughton St Michaels CE Primary School in Ormskirk became archaeologists for the morning when they excavated artefacts from the...
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Nancy Detchon
Nov 19, 2014
Archaeology Day at Garstang
I love delivering Archaeology Days, because Archaeology Days allow time for me to really develop children’s interest and enable them to...
Nancy Detchon
Oct 4, 2014
Third Year of the Trojan War!
After being invited back for the third year in a row, we are top news story on the Derby High School Website! Read all about it!...
Nancy Detchon
Jul 14, 2014
Anglo-Saxons at The Croft
Last Thursday, I returned to the Croft Primary School in Rugeley, Staffordshire, to deliver a workshop to Y5 to support the teaching of...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 25, 2014
Calling all KS2 teachers! Prehistory in the Primary Curriculum Online Survey
For the first time since the National Curriculum was put in place, prehistory is now part of the Primary History Curriculum. Of course,...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 18, 2014
Time Detectives in the North East…
It was up to County Durham that I travelled last week, to meet the time detectives of The Links Primary School in Stockton-on-Tees, and...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 18, 2014
KS1 Archaeology!
I had a brilliant time recently at St John’s Primary School in Sandbach Heath. I was thrilled by the sea of eager faces grinning up at...
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 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
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
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
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....
Nancy Detchon
Mar 12, 2013
Gifted and Talented
Lately, I have had quite a few requests to work with gifted and talented youngsters and high achievers, with bookings from as far away as...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 11, 2013
Twentieth Century Archaeology
I recently delivered a workshop to the whole of Brockwell Nursery and Infant School in Chesterfield. The theme was the 1920s onwards –...
Nancy Detchon
Dec 3, 2012
KS1 in Biddulph and Buxton
Working with KS1 children requires adapting a standard workshop without losing the integrity of a ‘genuine’ archaeological experience....
Nancy Detchon
Dec 3, 2012
Putting my new-found potting skills to the test!
I took my new found beaker-making skills with me when I last visited FitzHerbert Primary School in Fenny Bentley. Focussing the children...
Nancy Detchon
Nov 9, 2012
First attempt at making replica Bronze Age beakers…
Well, those of you who tweet, may have caught on to the fact that yesterday I began my first attempt at making replica Bronze Age...
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