Project in Practice

Education Consultant: Carolyn Olney
Partner: Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
Contributors: Herefordshire Archive Service; The History People; Ledbury Town Council
Participant School: Ledbury Primary School
Key Stages: 2
Project Period: 2007-08

Year 4 (ages 7 – 8) pupils from Ledbury Primary School explored local Tudor history on their doorsteps.  The pupils participated in a tour of Ledbury which included recognising Tudor architecture, reading wills of local families, and understanding the lives of the rich and poor 400 years ago. A follow-up day was held in the school with workshop sessions which enabled the pupils to view original wills, and write their own with quills and ink.  They also learnt about the everyday lives of rich and poor Tudors through artifacts, and found out about building with wattle and daub. Herefordshire Heritage Services will take on the ‘Tudor history tour’ and offer it to schools as a workshop.

A Year 4 teacher, from Ledbury Primary School, said this about the pupils’ involvement in the project,

“They were much more imaginative in their storytelling because it was about their local place and the new things they had learnt about it”.

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