History was never a subject I enjoyed when I was at school; I found it boring and tedious, constantly having to listen to my teacher regale the class with facts and dates from times past. However, primary school children from Sheffield are being taught history in a new fun and entertaining way, thanks to Hallam Volunteering's Time Travellers project!
Time Travellers is a Hallam Volunteering project that works with children. The project involves going into primary schools in and around Sheffield teaching the children about history, in particular the Ancient Romans and Ancient Greeks.
The project teaches the children about ancient history with the Time Travellers' timeline, and then sets the children a series of fun challenges and activities to complete in order for them to be able to accurately fill in gaps in the time line.
Richard Owen, who oversees the running of the project, says that the project helps to teach the primary school children about ancient history but in a more fun, interactive way than just sitting in a classroom listening to their teachers and reading from textbooks.
Over the next couple of months, the Time Travellers team will be visiting Lowfield Community Primary School (Friday 13th March), Tinsley Junior School (Friday 27th March) and Springfield Primary School (Wednesday 22nd April and Thursday 30th April.) So it can be seen that there is a busy few months in store for the Time Travellers team. If you have a current CRB check and want to help out by running a history themed activity at any of these events, please contact Celia on c.davis@shu.ac.uk.
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