Get Wild!
Join Heritage Doncaster and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust for action pack days at Cusworth Hall and Park. A great opportunity for young people aged 12-16 years (or up to 18 if SEND), to come together to explore history, and nature in a fun friendly way – No previous experience required! You will get to:
- Uncover interest facts about history though museum objects
- Have a go at bush crafts e.g. using tools and whittling
- Learn how to set up a campfire and cook on it
- Plus much more!
Book here on either a morning or afternoon sessions on:
Stone Age | Thursday 8th August 2024 | 9:30 am – 12 noon, or 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Get hands on with original stone age objects and find out what people ate in the Stone Ages by investigate coprolite – fossilised poo!
History of Sweets and Chocolate | Thursday 15th August 2024 | 9:30 am – 12 noon, or 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Find out about Parkinson’s Butterscotch and Nuttall’s Mentos, famous sweets made in Doncaster, and discover the origin of chocolate with a tasty campfire hot chocolate.
Tudors Times | Thursday 22nd August 2024 | 9:30 am – 12 noon, or 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Find out what life was like in Tudor Times. Cook a Tudor recipe and have a go at whittle instrument of that time.
History of Fast Food | Thursday 29th August 2024| 9:30 am – 12 noon, or 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Fast food has been around since Roman times, find out more and have a go at cooking historic fast-food recipes on the campfire i.e. Roman Burger.