Key stage 3

Plants, Plagues & Potions – Session

Bosworth Shopping and gift bags (optional session)

Harborough Gallery visit

Explore the galleries and all the stories they tell.

Roman Archaeology

Only available as part of the 'Life in Roman Britain' package. Through seeing and handling actual Roman artefacts and finding out about the Roman archaeology that has taken place at Bosworth Battlefield Country Park.

Roman Soldier

Only available as part of the 'Life in Roman Britain' package. Children meet a roman soldier who is based at the Roman fort at Mancetter.

Boudica

Only available as part of the 'Life in Roman Britain' package. Queen Boudica enlists the help of the students to become part of her army.

Impact! – Session

Only available in the Impact package. Discover the small and huge impacts of the Battle of Bosworth, find out what happened here in 1485 and why it was so important and explore the physics of medieval warfare in our brand new Impact! session for KS2.

Self-led Exhibition Visit

The Bosworth Soldier

Learn about a variety of weapons from dagger to cannon, recruitment, the make-up of an army, wounds and treatment, tactics, campaign life, transportation, getting to battle, food and rations, sieges, war horses, heraldry and battle communications.

The Bosworth Soldier & Archer

Discover how often archers had to train, how effective the bodkin arrow was against armour and where an archer kept his spare bow string, handle a bow and arrow and imagine you’re an archer on the battlefield.

Battlefield Detectives Session

Only available as part of the 'Battlefield Detectives' package. Pupils become detectives using deductive skills and reasoning to see what they can learn from archaeological discoveries and historical objects.

Guided Walks of the Battlefield Trail

One of Bosworth’s knowledgeable guides will bring the events of the battle to life through lively interpretation and object handling.