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• World War II

  Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 November 2012

  Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 February 2013

  Tuesday 5 March 2013

  Wednesday 15 May 2013

  'Hide under the table, the air raid siren has gone off again at Kent Life'  

  Go back to the 1940's and experience life as a child of war. School children can enjoy a whole day packed full with interactive workshops and demonstrations all in line with the National Curriculum. Workshops include Evacuee Experience, Home Guard, Air Raid Warden, Wartime Food and Jobs for women.  

  We ask children to come dressed in 1940's costume to enhance the atmosphere.

  
  

  Duration: all day

  Cost: £8.00 per child. All adults free
  

• Tudors

  Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 October 2012

  Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 March 2013

  Tuesday 30 April 2013

  Come and join us as we celebrate and learn about the life and times of the Tudors. 

  School children can enjoy a whole day packed full with interactive workshops and demonstrations all in line with the National Curriculum. You will experience what the Tudors ate and drank, what punishments you received if you broke the law and the different dances and etiquette of the period.  Children can perform a small improvised scene in the Commedia workshop and meet the great man himself Henry VIII.     

  We ask children to come dressed in Tudor costume to enhance the atmosphere.

  Duration: 10am - 2.30pm

  Cost: £8.00 per child. All adults FREE

• Victorians

  Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 October 2012

  Wednesday 28 to Thursday 29 November 2012

  Tuesday 19 to Wednesday 20 March 2013

  Wednesday 8 May 2013

  

  School children can enjoy a whole day packed full with interactive and interesting workshops and demonstrations about rural Victorian life in line with National Curriculum requirements. Children can experience how both the wealthy and the poor ate, discover life of a working child, meet the Toymaker and play some victorian playground games.  Be on your best behaviour with Mr Branch in the schoolroom.  You will even get to meet Florence Nightingale.

  We ask children to come dressed in victorian costume to enhance the atmosphere.

  Duration: 10am - 2.30pm

  Cost: £8.00 per child, all adults FREE
  

• Homes in the Past

  

  Tuesday 24 April 2012 

  Step through the front door of Kent Life and into the past. Explore our historic houses with a character from the era. Meet the soldier on leave in the WWII house, let the Victorian maid show you around her master's home and watch the 1950s housewife demonstrating the latest gadgets. Also included is a Hopping Down in Kent workshop and activities to complete.

  Duration: 10am - 2.30pm

  Price: £8 per child. All adults FREE
  
  

• Romans

  Tuesday 2  - Thursday 4 October 2012

  Kent Life are delighted to welcome the Romans back this spring. Come join us in your togas (optional of course!) as we celebrate and learn about the life and times of the Romans. Learn how to be a Centurion, discover how Romans ate, bathed and much more.

  Duration: 10am - 2.35pm

  Cost: £8.00 per child. All adults FREE

• Ancient Egyptian Day

  Tuesday 13 - Thursday 15 November 2012

   Wednesday 1 May 2013
  

  Due to the runaway success of our first ever Ancient Egyptian event, we are pleased to be able to take you back to the times of the Pharoahs again in 2012.

   Come and explore the world of Ancient Egypt with a full day of interactive workshops. Discover the secrets of mummification and the afterlife and find out how magic spells were used to heal the sick. Meet the Gods and play Ancient Egyptian games. Find out how ordinary people lived and dressed.

  Duration: 10am - 2.30pm

  Cost: £8 per child. All adults Free.

• Victorian Christmas

  Tuesday 4 to Thursday 6 December 2012

  Following the success of A Victorian Christmas in 2011, we are pleased to offer this experience to pupils again in 2012. Children will meet Charles Dickens as he tells them his classic story "A Christmas Carol". They will discover Victorian Christmas traditions, carols, songs and games and learn the story of pantomime. They will also have the chance to discover what Christmas was like for the poor in the workhouse.

  Duration: 10am - 2.35pm

  Prices: £8 per child. All adults FREE