Young Archaeologists’ Club Session Planning Template Session title: Tools R Us What will we be learning during the session? How people in the Mesolithic used microliths to make useful tools. Which YAC volunteers will be there? 4 – Viv Smith, Steve Howard, Brian Jenkins and Lucy Potter What’s the maximum number of members that can attend (no more than 8 members for every YAC volunteer)? 32 How many members are we expecting? 20 Will any other adults be there? Yes – curator coming to show microliths from museum collection Activity plans: Activity title Materials Supervision Adaptations for Will any of Any work to Potential risks How will these needed needed age/ability/preferences the children take home? risks be need extra Where will this managed? help with this be stored? How activity? Who will it be will provide carried? this? Starter activity – Copies of ‘find Everyone N/A – this is just a N/A Sheets to be Potential for trip Children will be ‘find the the microlith together in one starter while we wait put on bench at hazard if pencils supervised at all microlith’ sheet room for whole for everyone to arrive side of room or paper fall on times and Colouring session – when we’re the floor. Pencils encouraged to pencils minimum two ready to start could be used as keep the area volunteers to the main missiles/weapons. tidy – volunteers stay in room at session, to keep an eye all times children can on the floor in pick them up at case anything the end if they falls. want – make
Young Archaeologists’ Club Session Planning Template Session title: Tools R Us What will we be learning during the session? How people in the Mesolithic used microliths to make useful tools. Which YAC volunteers will be there? 4 – Viv Smith, Steve Howard, Brian Jenkins and Lucy Potter What’s the maximum number of members that can attend (no more than 8 members for every YAC volunteer)? 32 How many members are we expecting? 20 Will any other adults be there? Yes – curator coming to show microliths from museum collection Activity plans: Activity title Materials needed Supervision needed Adaptations for age/ability/preferences Will any of the children need extra help with this activity? Who will provide this? Any work to take home? Where will this be stored? How will it be carried? Potential risks How will these risks be managed? Starter activity – ‘find the microlith’ Copies of ‘find the microlith sheet Colouring pencils Everyone together in one room for whole session – minimum two volunteers to stay in room at all times N/A – this is just a starter while we wait for everyone to arrive N/A Sheets to be put on bench at side of room when we’re ready to start the main session, children can pick them up at the end if they want – make Potential for trip hazard if pencils or paper fall on the floor. Pencils could be used as missiles/weapons. Children will be supervised at all times and encouraged to keep the area tidy – volunteers to keep an eye on the floor in case anything falls.
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