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Activity sheets

WYAS offers downloadable activity sheets and supporting documents on a wide range of topics, designed to be used by teachers to support classroom activity. Some need additional resources, some of which can be borrowed from the Education and Outreach Team at WYAS. In some cases it may also be possible for someone to come into the school and deliver the activities – see the Archives in the Classroom page for the lessons on offer.

Please contact the Head of Audience Engagement and Learning for more information or to talk about what we can offer your school.

  

Coat of Arms

The introduction to this activity sheet explains the origins of Coats of Arms and the elements that combine to make a Coat of Arms. The activity encourages children to be creative and design their own.

This activity can be expanded to look at how coats of arms have developed into things like schools badges, football club badges and many of the branding logos we see every day. The template can be used to design new schools badges as well as coats of arms.

 

ACTIVITY SHEET	EXAMPLE SHEET ONE
TEMPLATE SHEET ONE	EXAMPLE SHEET TWO
TEMPLATE SHEET TWO	EXAMPLE SHEET THREE
TEMPLATE SHEET THREE	EXAMPLE SHEET FOUR
	EXAMPLE SHEET FIVE

 

 

Document Seals

The introduction to this activity sheet explains the origins of seals and the activity encourages children to be creative and design their own. This activity can be linked to the Create Your Own Charter activity or Inventory activity and once the document has been created it can be completed by adding the seal.

 

 

ACTIVITY SHEET	EXAMPLE SHEET ONE
Modelling wax is required for this activity.	EXAMPLE SHEET TWO

 

                                                                

Inventory

This activity sheet looks briefly at why people kept lists. It’s a great activity to support a time capsule project or a local history project allowing the children to record what life is like now. There are two options as the activity can be done using items in the classroom (or other rooms in the school) or based on what is in bedrooms.

 

ACTIVITY SHEET - CLASSROOM	TEMPLATE SHEET – CLASSROOM
ACTIVITY SHEET - BEDROOM	TEMPLATE SHEET - CLASSROOM

 

 

  

Royal Charter

The introduction to this activity sheet explains the origins of Royal Charters and the different parts that make up a Charter. The activity encourages children to be creative and design their own thinking about what rights or gifts a charter might have given.

 

 

 

ACTIVITY SHEET	EXAMPLE SHEET
TEMPLATE SHEET	TEMPLATE SHEET - NUMBERED

 

  

Handwriting
The introduction to this activity sheet looks at handwriting and the implements used to write over time. The activity is then in two parts, firstly an exercise in reading handwriting and then an opportunity to try writing using old letter styles.

It is possible to extend this activity to also use quill pens and/or nib pens and ink. WYAS service have some which can be loaned out.

 

ACTIVITY SHEET	EXAMPLE SHEET SIGNATURES
LETTER ONE	LETTER ONE - TRANSCRIPTION
LETTER TWO	LETTER TWO - TRANSCRIPTION
LETTER THREE	LETTER THREE - TRANSCRIPTION
EXAMPLE SHEET ONE - LETTERS	EXAMPLE SHEET TWO - LETTERS