Sulgrave Manor
Manor Road
Sulgrave
Nr. Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX17 2SD
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1295 760205
Charity No. 1003839 |
Sail
with Columbus
Christopher Columbus. |
This course is specially designed to complement one of
the popular topics in Key Stage I curriculum and also
to fulfil the needs of the infant aged children. Learning
through play is very much the overall atmosphere of this
day.
The children, divided into eight small groups, will be
present when Captain Columbus comes up with his big idea.
They will pretend to be Ferdinand and Isabella at the
court of Spain and ship-builders on the docks. We will
build a ship, and weather together the deprivations of
naval life and the terrors of shipwreck. Some children
will even become the indigenous population of the West
Indies. A great deal of song and dance is used to tell
the tale, as well as to break up the day.
In addition to the chronological story of the 1492 voyage,
the children will also be shown through props and simple
discussion within their small groups, what discoveries
the Spanish made in the Americas, and moreover, how these
have continued to affect Western Civilisation to this
day.
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