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BLITZ SCHOOL
Primary school WW2 workshop
Other primary school workshops
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At Balestra school workshops we don't just offer science but also history and sport workshops and also hireable topic boxes for a variety of topics as shown below:
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Our Stone Age to Iron Age workshop takes pupils on a journey through the key events of the periods with a wide range of real and replica artefacts that really bring this exciting topic to life.
Beginning with an interactive timeline as per all our history workshops, throughout the day pupils will get to view and handle amazing artefacts, throw (safe) foam spears; sort real Stone Age to Iron Age artetfacts and even get their picture taken with a Woolly Rhino!
With all this excitement is no wonder that this is one of our most popular workshops!
Our Topic Boxes for hire are a perfect solution if you are tight on budget or simply want to lead artefact activities yourself. Each box comes with a wide range of real and replica artetfacts , supplemented by amazing online 360 degree and video resources to support your teaching and the pupils' learning.
Our Victorian Inventions workshop takes the pupils on an exciting journey of exploration of 4 key inventions of the Victorian period. It is a unique opportunity to combine history, science and DT objectives into one workshop.
Power Stephenson's Rocket; take Victorian photos; use a real morse code machine and make music box songs in this exciting and original workshop.
In addition, the workshop is suitable for a range of options to suit your needs, in KS1 and KS2 versions, for a single class or mulit classes and also for a half day or full day, with different prices to suit your budget.
Our Primary science workshops provide a range of amazing experiences with many fun activities for a wide variety of Primary Science National Curriculum topics.
Current topics covered are sound, light, electricity, the human body, Key Stage 1 materials, forces, evolution and inheritance, space, rocks and fossils, inventions and even a key stage 2 rocket challenge!
What is more, it is also full of brilliant primary science teaching tips and lesson plan ideas!
Our Roman School workshop is a wonderful way to bring this popular topic to life with lots of key facts, dressing up and even (very safe) spear throwing!
Starting with an interactive timeline, pupils are taken on a journey through the keye events of Roman Britain such as Julius Caeser's failed invasion, Claudius' successful invasion of 43 AD and of course the brave Boudicca and her attempt to overthrow the Romans in 61 AD.
Our Key Stage two sword fencing days are one of our most popular workshops and offer a great way to enthuse pupils about this unique sport in a fun and safe manner, using safe plastic equipment.
With many years of coaching experience and safe plastic equipment, each class receives an hour of quality coaching with a medal awarded to the best sword fencer of the lesson, with the best fencer over the course of the day receiving a "champion fencer' trophy to keep.