Why choose aardvark?
aardvark productions ltd was one of the first companies in the UK to be awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge, which means that you can be sure that your students will be given the highest quality event in a safe environment because the Quality Badge scheme combines for the first time, learning and safety into one easily recognisable badge for all organisations providing learning inside or outside the classroom experiences
What makes us different?
We only use professional actors who are very experienced at creating believable characters to interact with the children and are all DBS checked We arrive fully equipped with the items needed to recreate the lives of ordinary people from the past and tailor our workshops to the exact requirements of the school, rather than presenting you with a standard workshop [although we do have workshops for all eras, which have already proved very popular] All of our workshops for key stage 1, key stage 2, key stage 3 and key stage 4 children throughout London, Kent, Surrey, Bedfordshire etc. are very hands-on, because we limit each character to a maximum of 30 pupils at a time and as our artefacts are safe reproductions, the children can handle them with confidence This gives your pupils a much better experience. The usual format for a 45 minute workshop is around 15 minutes talk and 30 minutes supervised hands-on experience
Our services
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Stoneage Workshops
STONE AGE WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
For the stone age workshops, you can choose from some or all of the following:
The Dawn of Homo Sapiens in the stone age
Meet a Tribe Member
Religion in the Bronze and Stone Ages Hunter-Gatherers versus Early Farmers Explore Changes in Family Life
Travel and Trade
Grinding Grain
Roman Workshops
ROMAN WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
In the Roman workshops, children can study:
Life in Roman times and their legacy for the modern world
Food
Clothing
Medicine
Centurion – Help create the famous Roman Testudo [tortoise of shields]
Bathing
Ancient Greek Workshops
ANCIENT GREEK WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
The Ancient Greek workshops cover their lives and beliefs, including:
Arts and Theatre [The Story of Ariadne’s Web]
The Birth of Medicine
Ancient Greeks Homes
Gods and Heroes of the Ancient Greeks
The Greeks at War
Anglo Saxon Workshops
ANGLO SAXON WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
In the Anglo Saxon workshops children can:
Study life after the Roman Occupation
Say Goodbye to the Romans
Take part in Storytelling and Pastimes
Meet Edward the Confessor
Discover where the Anglo Saxons settled in Britain
Meet an Anglo Saxon Villager
Viking Workshops
VIKING WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
Our Viking workshops cover:
Were they invaders or settlers?
Learn about Family Life
Vikings at Sea
Beliefs and Storytelling
Meet Alfred The Great
Viking Food and Feasts
Visit a Viking Market
Medieval Workshops
MEDIEVAL WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
In our medieval workshops we take your pupils back to medieval times:
Medieval Pilgrimages
Medieval Food
Clothing Apothecary
Barber surgery
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales [create a new tale!]
Weapons and Armour
Tudor Workshops
TUDOR WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
Our Tudor workshops bring to life the conditions in Henry VIII or Queen Elizabeth’s time Choose from:
Meet Henry VIII; his life and times
Queen Elizabeth; her life and suitors
Barber surgeon
Tudor Food
Clothing
Apothecary
Music and Manners
Weapons and Armour
The Armada
Crimes and Punishment
Victorian Workshops
VICTORIAN WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
Our Victorian workshops include:
Victorian Food
Clothing
Scullery
How We Kept Clean [children make their own soap to take home]
Victorian School Teacher
Dairy
Meet Florence Nightingale
Meet Charles Dickens
Meet Sir Samuel Morton Peto [Bringer of the Railway]
Meet Lady Theresa Digby [Queen Victoria’s Lady in Waiting]
The Workhouse
Children and Jobs
Toymaker
Christmas Traditions
WWII Workshops
WWII WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN in the UK
For the WWII workshops, you have the choice of one or more of the following:
Food and rationing
Home Guard [he’ll have your students marching!
ARP warden
Evacuee experience
Land Army Girls
SPIV [clothing and the black market]
Service areas covered
Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, London, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex and further surrounding areas in the UK 
For full details Visit LOtC Site