Education
Red Fox works with you to provide a bespoke education days in your school or at your heritage site. We work with your desired learning outcomes to deliver fun, immersive, hands-on learning experiences.
We have sessions ranging from EYFS through to KS3, across a breadth of history curriculum topics. Our learning incorporates strong cross-curricular content.
We pride ourselves on ensuring that engagement is kept very high by rotating children in smaller groups through activities. The structure is a series of modular units to pick from, that can be tailored to your learning needs, allowing the days to reinforce core information and break down complex concepts into easily comprehensible segments.
Below are some examples of the sessions we can offer.
EYFS and KS1
Knights and Castles
Immerse children in the lifestyle of people who lived and worked in a castle. From the lords and ladies, soldiers and builders to the cooks and peasants. They even get to meet a real knight!
Children can learn about the features of a castle and try to build one with stone.
They can get active with medieval dance, and creative with making a "poppet" or doll. It's a packed day, with a variety of multi-sensory activities, perfect for making the world of castles feel real for the children.
Module Pick and Mix
- Puppet show with treasure hunt: Help the prince and princess find their lost items and see what items you might find in a castle.
- An Englishman's Home: How is a castle made and what makes a castle.
- Feudal Simon Says: Learn about medieval society
- Meet a Knight: learn what it means to be a knight and examine his clothing and belongings.
- Weapons demo: See the weapons a knight carried in action.
- Medieval dance: learn how to party like its 1399
- Childhood games: What did children get up to in the middle ages
- Make a poppet: Use your creativity to construct a medieval doll
- Shield drill: Learn to fight like a medieval army
KS2 and KS3
The Battle of Hastings
Explore the build up to the most important battle in British history. Re-live the decisive conflict and learn how the armies fought and the tactics they used. Experience the brutal price of rebellion and see how a king holds on to power in a hostile land.
Module Pick and Mix
- The king is dead: Long live the KINGS!
- Survive the Norman Conquest
- The Advent of War: Interactive Timeline
- Shield Drill and Training an Army
- Battle of Hastings Re-enactment
- A Cruel Retribution: Find out what happened after the battle of Hastings
- Saxons v Normans: Debate
- Settlements: Location, Location, Location
- Trial by Oath
- Trial by Ordeal
- Domesday book activity
- Weapons demonstration
- Have-a-go Archery
KS2 and KS3
Saxons and Vikings
Face the tribulations of settling a new land and learn about rich cultures. Through storytelling learn about their darkest fears and find out how they entertained themselves. With interactive crafts explore their art and languages and discover their beauty or explore the myriad horrible fates that awaited you in the early medieval period,
Module Pick and Mix
- Settlements - Location, Location, Location
- An introduction to Beowulf
- Write a cinquain
- Survive the Middle Ages
- Craft activity...
- Saxon Brooch making (incurs small additional cost)
- Make a Viking bead necklace (incurs small additional cost)
- Clay Runestone craft (incurs small additional cost)
- Childhood games
- Shield drill
- Weapons demo
- Raiders and Traders
Archery For Schools
Following a detailed instruction session to all the children about technique and safety, all the participants will get the opportunity to shoot on the line in small groups on command and take part in games and competitions.
(Age 8+)
All sessions are flexible and can be tailored to suit your and the childrens requirements.
Contact us to create a bespoke event for your school.
Can be run as a one off taster session or as a weekly course. All sessions are flexible.
Taster Session (example)
4 groups of 5 children
Each Group session duration 1hr
£300
6 Week Course (example)
£60 per week plus £10 per session, per child.
Ideal for a group size of 10
Teachers Resources
Below are links to a number of resources linked to our education workshops... click on the images to download the PDF
Saxon Art Worksheet
A simple resource to stimulate creativity around Saxon and Viking art styles.
How to write a Cinquain
A reminder of the format that the Didactic cinquain takes.
Beowulf
An Abridged version of the story that we have written for you to use for further study of the themes.
Runes
The Elder Futhark Runic alphabet with some simple facts and some basic activities to try with them.
Hare and Hounds
Instructions for the making and playing of the simple medieval board game.
Three Mens Morris
Instructions for the making and playing of the simple medieval board game.