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Roman Summer Camp For Kids
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Good luck! I did something similar at Castle Cornet last year. I was formerly a teacher and ran with this activity at my former high school. However mine was just for three days and entitled Medieval mayhem. I had a very limited budget and must admit my wallet got raided rather heavily. It's possible the photos have now been removed but if you go to St Sampsons High School and medieval as a google search something should pop up. Make sure you have a range of activities. Something bookish doesn't hurt at all. Lots of craft activities, I had wattle and daub, cooking on an open fire and all that entails, games, a team game of stool ball, plus as we were at the castle had them doing LH demos to the public (using my armour, medical kit and so on). The clothing (some made by them) was awful but the enthusiasm was great! We even had a rather large group of tourists from a cruise liner turn up and the guide had two of the students miked up!

As for your activities, you can't beat drill, anything competitive and physical, the surveying one sounds great, have a game for them to play, some form of cooking, something involving a craft(eg the mosaics) get dirty with some daub! (Do have disposable aprons and gloves to hand). Also have some puzzles (maybe using Roman numerals, possible translation puzzles and what have you) and tactical board games like ludos.

Oh last bit is paperwork....make sure you get lots of disclaimers, have risk assessments prepped in triplicate, details of medical status of every kid, contacts, although it's a bit like sucking eggs me reminding you!
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Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Marcus Norwood - 12-11-2012, 07:08 AM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by M. Demetrius - 12-11-2012, 07:19 AM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Musivarius - 12-11-2012, 08:41 AM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by John1 - 12-11-2012, 02:07 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Robert Matthew - 12-11-2012, 02:14 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Musivarius - 12-11-2012, 02:45 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Robert Matthew - 12-11-2012, 05:38 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by M. Demetrius - 12-11-2012, 08:00 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Epictetus - 12-11-2012, 08:08 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Marcus Norwood - 12-11-2012, 08:11 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Agrimensor - 12-11-2012, 08:36 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Robert Matthew - 12-12-2012, 01:41 AM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Agrimensor - 12-12-2012, 01:59 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by M. Demetrius - 12-12-2012, 08:13 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Agrimensor - 08-08-2013, 06:52 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Joseph - 09-09-2013, 10:37 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Agrimensor - 09-10-2013, 06:26 AM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by M. Demetrius - 09-10-2013, 03:13 PM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Marcus Norwood - 09-11-2013, 12:29 AM
Roman Summer Camp For Kids - by Andy Thorpe - 05-22-2014, 08:38 AM

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