Time Trips

A huge thanks to the wonderful staff and year 3 children at Tithe Barn Primary in Stockport for inviting me to do a Rocks and Fossils workshop last week. The children painted some amazing fossils!

Over the last two days I have thoroughly I enjoyed a visit to St. Richard's RC Primary in Longsight, Manchester, teaching the classes about Egyptian fashion. They made fantastic jewellery, both in the morning and the afternoon. Thanks to the children, staff and teachers.

A couple of weeks ago I had a wonderful day teaching the Y4 children at Tithe Barn Primary in Stockport about the Romans. In the afternoon they made amazing mosaics as you can see below. Many thanks to the children, staff and Mrs Gholinia.

I did my first Zoom talk today to Manchester Muslim Prep School, and it went really well! Contact me for details if you would like one for your school. All Time Trips topics covered - see timetrips.co.uk

Dinosaur news! Spinosaurus was the largest predator ever to walk on land. It lived 95 million years ago and was around 15m long (T rex was 12m). It has been suspected for some time that Spinosaurus was also a swimmer, and a new fossil discovery in Morocco confirms this. The tail bones had tall spines, meaning the tail was blade-like, resembling that of a newt, a clear adaptation for swimming. For more, read this fantastic National Geographic article:

Bizarre Spinosaurus makes history as first known swimming dinosaur A newfound fossil tail from this giant predator stretches our understanding of how—and where—dinosaurs lived.

Ancient Egypt: yesterday was a great day at Thorp Primary in Oldham, teaching year 6 about the Egyptian gods and pharaohs. Here they are making their artefacts, and dressing up as Egyptians.

Romans: Miss Smith's Year 4 class at St. Richard's RC Primary in Longsight made some wonderful mosaics this week in our Roman workshop. This is an excellent school which I have been visiting now for more than ten years!

I've had two great days recently teaching at St. Peter's CE Primary in Ashton - a lovely school with very supportive staff. Here are some photos of year 3's Roman and Celtic art and year 4's Greek art.

Rachel had a great two days at Rack House Primary this week. Here's Miss Brown's Y3 class learning all about Anglo-Saxon life by creating helmets and shields using authentic Anglo-Saxon designs.

Anglo-Saxon Day | Rack House Primary School To help introduce our Anglo-Saxon topic, we had a full DT day. We created some fantastic helmets and shields using authentic Anglos-Saxon designs. Also a huge

I'm now working on a a new activity for the Greek Legacies workshop - building a theatre. Like the temple, the whole class will work together to make one realistic model. Here is a very early version.
It will eventually have not only all the seats and lots of spectators, but also the stage and actors, and the hillside behind.

SPACE: I just visited the excellent Sun exhibition at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. Lots of great artefacts, info and images to keep you interested. Here's a selection of photos.
In my Earth, Sun and Moon workshop children learn why we have days, years and seasons because of the Sun. They make their own globes to make sure the learning sticks.
https://www.timetrips.co.uk/space-workshop.htm

Romans: recently I visited the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, which has an excellent Roman and Anglo-Saxon collection. Here are some of the many wonderful mosaics found in local Roman villas.
In my Roman workshop children make their own mosaics using real stones.