Maya Workshop
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Our Maya Workshop has been developed with the help of Penny. As an archaeologist who has visited the historic Maya sites, she is incredibly knowledgeable on the intricacies of Maya culture and life. Penny has helped design the day and has also helped train our workshop leaders.
As always, we provide a full day's worth of activities for up to 3 classes. The day's activities and presentations: Sacrifice!: The children will enter the hall to see a Maya priest stood behind an alter. On the alter, lies a human sacrifice, painted blue from neck to toe. The priest will then recreate how the Ancient Maya used to sacrifice their captives (the most disturbing bits left out as the full ritual is far too disturbing for children!) Maya Writing: Using bark paper, reed pens and ink, the children will try their hand at the Ancient Maya writing system. Maya Pottery Making: The children will create their own Maya pottery out of clay. Maya Maths: The children will be introduced to the strange symbols that make up the Maya numbering system. Can they work out which number each symbol represents in order to crack the puzzle? Final Review: The final session of the day looks at what happened after the majority of the civilisation collapsed. What was their legacy? We developed this workshop after seeing what alternatives were out there and we ensured that our workshop was by far the best Maya workshop available! All resources and equipment are provided so schools hardly have to lift a finger! |
David
'A big thank you to Penny from Historic Workshops for the Maya session delivered to our school today. From the beginning, all children were engaged with their learning. Penny shared lots of artefacts and pictures with the children, answering questions as she went along. The activities that the children completed during the day were well planned for and challenged the children. I would highly recommend this session to any school studying the Maya Civilisation.' Clare Vernon, Alexandra Junior School, Stoke-on-Trent
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Example schedules based on the workshop being delivered to either 1, 2 or 3 classes in a day...
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'I thought the activities were great and the children had great fun. Penny was lovely with the children and it was good for them to meet a real archaeologist and see the artefacts.' Mrs Mawdsley, Class Teacher, St Austin's Catholic Primary
'A comment from a parent after today's Maya workshop... They absolutely loved today's learning and came home sharing everything! Another child has created her own way of explaining the Maya Maths to her parents using household objects to represent symbols. A massive thank you to Penny an absolute delight to work with and have as an educator :-)' Teacher, Woodlands Primary, Madeley.
'Penny ran a Maya workshop for us last Wednesday - she was brilliant - really enthusiastic but handled them well. We were starting off our topic, so she gave them useful background information, but not too much, and they all enjoyed the range of practical activities, especially the digging! Having someone who has been there was really inspiring for the children, and a great role model. I would definitely recommend this to other schools. Some comments from the children: "That was great!" " The maths was hard to start with but then we got it and it's easy!" "I've never met a real archaeologist before..." "The day went really quickly! Can she come back tomorrow?" "The Maya were really clever, weren't they?"
Mrs Margaret Gayler, Senior Leader, Year 5 teacher, Provost Williams C of E Primary School, Ryton-on-Dunsmore.
Mrs Margaret Gayler, Senior Leader, Year 5 teacher, Provost Williams C of E Primary School, Ryton-on-Dunsmore.
