These programmes offer opportunities for the enhancement of childrens' understanding of study units from KS2 of the National Curriculum. All activities are directly linked to specific sections of the National Curriculum for KS2.

NB - These three day programmes are available in the Autumn & Spring Terms and at the weekend in the Summer Term. However, the activities contained in the programmes are available as individual activities throughout the year.

Roman Invaders
Based in the reconstructed house in the grounds of Hooke Court the programme comprises:

• Introduction to the Roman Invasion and occupation in the South West
• Practical activities relating to Roman life e.g. mosaics/clay work/ jewellery/spinning & weaving/cooking etc.
• Re-enact the Roman invasion of Maiden Castle
• Roman Army Boot Camp
• Roman Technology

Tudor Traders
Based in the Court children are introduced to life in Tudor times. Practical activities are based on:

• The Tudor Kitchen & Schoolroom
• Tudor Pastimes
• Time Team Investigators
• Choose to enjoy two activities from costume, drama & dance
• Murder at the Court
• Tudor Banquet
• Trade and Travel in Tudor Times

Victorian Servants
Based in the Court, children gain an insight into Victorian Life. Practical activities include:

• The Victorian Schoolroom, Kitchen & Laundry
• Victorian Crafts
• A Victorian Tea Party
• Time Team Investigators
• Parlour Games
• Visit to Max Gate or Re-enactment of the Tolpuddle Martyrs Trial at Dorchester Crown Court

Wartime Evacuees
The activities are all based in the Court and cover various aspects of life as a wartime evacuee:

• Drama workshop examining the arrival and allocation of children to homes
• Cooking with rations; VE Day Party
• Wartime Drills
• Code Breaking
• Visit to a local World War II Museum or Low ropes or Team Building games

• Time Team Game
• Dig and map your own trench
• Clean and log your finds
• Reconstruct pots using your primary evidence
• A practical study of building construction through the ages

Outdoor Action & Activity
All of the activities are designed to test your children's team work skills. Throughout the three days they will work in groups and build on their communication and cooperation skills. Choose to enjoy any of the following activities:

• Kayaking on the lake*
• Raft building on the lake*
• Low Ropes & Orienteering
• Night Line & wide games
• Archery*
• Forest Orienteering
• Night Walk
• Night Search & Rescue
• Tribal Kingdoms
• Shelter Building
• The Hooke Olympics
• Team Building Games
• Bridging the Moat

*These activities may incur an additional charge. Please contact us for further information.

Explore the Environment
Choose from a wide range of activities such as:

Animal tracking, shelter building, pond dipping, air pollution study, populations and habitats, river study, fossil hunting at Charmouth and many more...

Science & Technology
Over three days you will investigate energy and forces and build boats, kites and rockets to prove your theories. Activities will include the following:

• Introduction to energy & forces
• Kite making
• Boat building activity
• Indoor technology problem solving
• Build and launch rockets in the rocket workshop

• Animal welfare & husbandry
• Local farm visit
• Gardening
• Making compost
• Cooking a nutritious and healthy dinner
• Paint a Plant Pot
• Rural Crafts
• Investigation of local woodland or Team Building activity

• Woodland Study
• Populations & Habitats
• Pond dipping
• Ecosystems
• River Life
• Earth Walks
• Food chains & food webs

Coastal Geography in Dorset*
Examine features of Dorset's famous Jurassic coastline. Activities may include:

Fossil hunting at Charmouth, sand dune formation at Studland Bay, rockpools and coastal ecology at Kimmeridge Bay, contour and mapping workshop, shellcraft…

*Some of the activities in this programme may incur an additional transport cost.