Suitable for KS2 & KS3

Timing: 20-30 mins

Cost: 50p per child for materials

A chance for pupils to follow in the footsteps of a monk in the scriptorium by making their own illuminated manuscripts using quill pens and ink.

Learning outcomes

Through attending this session your children will build on the following skills:

• Improved speaking and listening skills, through group discussion and interaction of historic objects.
• A better understanding of chronology and improved knowledge and understanding of characteristic features of the period, societies and experiences.
• Improved knowledge and understanding of relevant materials.
• Improved ability to classify materials.
• Developing the use of historical enquiry through a range of sources.