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Dates
Wednesday 27 November
Thursday 28 November
Event Information
FREE
Times - 9.30am - 12noon
Sessions are designed for KS2 students in school, at home and other settings.
You may choose to sign your group up for all sessions or a selection across both dates.
Joining information and additional resources will be circulated closer to the date.
Home learners and children not in a school setting are also welcome to take part.
Please note that for Safeguarding, adults not accompanying a participating child will not be permitted into any of these sessions.
Event Content
Join Hadrian’s Wall Learning and Engagement Forum* for a day of virtual activities themed around Hadrian’s Wall.
Take part in live workshops and discover more about the various sites across the Wall.
Wednesday 27 November 2024
9.30 - 10 – Gods and Goddesses along the Wall with Steph Holton from the Open University
In this session we will meet some of the ancient gods and goddesses worshipped along Hadrian’s Wall. Using different types of evidence - including inscriptions, statues, and even coins – we will find out more about the gods brought to Britain by the Romans as well as the gods they found here, and learn how to identify them in the wild!
10.10-10.40 - Caring for Hadrian’s Wall with Northumberland National Park
The landscape of Northumberland around Hadrian's Wall, is one of the most visited places in the county, and is home to a diverse selection of wildlife. Find out how Northumberland National Park looks after the archaeology of Hadrian’s Wall, about the habitats of the area and the conservation work that we do, and about how we look after the many people who come every year to walk the Hadrian’s Wall National Trail.
10.50-11.20 - What was life like as a Roman in Britain? With English Heritage
Looking at two different Roman sites, one in the north of England, along Hadrian’s Wall, and one further south, we will compare life on the frontier with that in a more ‘settled’ location using the evidence from the buildings and artefacts left behind.
11.30-12 – Roman Engineering with Segedunum Roman Fort
Find out about how the section of Hadrian's Wall between Wallsend and the original end of the wall in Newcastle was built. Explore questions such as Who built it?; Where did they get the stone from?; What tools did they use?; How did they transport everything? Also discover how water was supplied to the fort and bath-house at Segedunum.
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Thursday 28 November 2024
9.30 - 10 – Scientific Archaeology with the Great North Museum: Hancock
Did you know that archaeologists use science skills as well as their history skills? Learn how scientific techniques can be used to learn about an object's history.
10.10-10.40 - Climate vs Archaeology: A Battle for the Past with the Vindolanda Trust
Extremes in weather, such as increasing temperatures and period of high levels of rain impacts the preservation of archaeology, from which we gain a rich knowledge about the ancient communities and societies who lived before us. In this session, we will be asking all participants to have an object in front of them. Activity & Diversity Officer, Sophie, will lead you through a series of questions to delve deeper into what we can learn from an object and explore what we might lose as a result of climate change.
10.50-11.20 - Rollin’ with the Romans: Entertainment on The Wall. With Tullie
They liked to battle, bathe and build… but what did the Roman soldiers on the wall do for fun? Join Tullie (and a very jolly Roman Soldier) for an interactive session, using artefacts from our collections (and some silliness!) to learn about the different ways the Romans entertained themselves.
11.30-12 – Down the Drains at Carlisle’s Roman Bathhouse with Nick Henderson
An archaeologists job lies in ruins, but did you ever wonder where to find gemstones, coins, beads, and precious things at a Roman Site? Well down the Roman toilet of course!
Join us at Carlisle to see some of the amazing, and internationally famous finds from Carlisle’s Roman Bathhouse, all discovered by volunteers aged 8 to 80!
Among the discoveries of things like coins and carvings, you’ll see the Carlisle Gems. These are beautiful, tiny carved gemstones that once adorned Roman signet rings with images of gods and goddesses, and animals like bees, mice, and even a parrot.
Meet some of the archaeologists and volunteers here at Carlisle, and find out what we can learn from these objects, such as the myths that inspired them… but also find out, why did they all end up down a Roman toilet and into the drains?
Uncovering Roman Carlisle is a project about getting people to get stuck into archaeology, and to help discover the archaeology of Carlisle. We work together across our partners at Carlisle Cricket Club, Cumberland Council, Tullie, and Wardell Armstrong Archaeology to do this. Most importantly, the project relies on and exists because of a large group of volunteers, “The Diggers”.
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Please note that this Virtual Hadrian’s Wall Day is open for multiple schools and/or home learners to book. We will instruct all participants to turn cameras and microphones off during the sessions.
*Hadrian's Wall Learning and Engagement Forum are a group of museum and heritage education and outreach professionals based on the sites found across Hadrian's Wall.
