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,...
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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 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...
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