Session 1
Fieldwork includes learning river words through games, discovering the local river environment, identifying river features and wildlife, observing how people use the river and assessing the environment. On the foreshore the pupils will have the opportunity to experience the life of a mudlarker by collecting archaeology as evidence of past river use. Back in the classroom pupils will use specially designed sorting boards to identify their artefacts to help build up a picture of the past.
Session 2
Allows pupils to explore the lives of mudlarkers; using storytelling, old photographs and drama to experience London life during the Victorian Times. This allows pupils to visualise and compare how the local area has changed from past to present times.
Site: Greenwich and Shadwell Basin
