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Half-Term Activities

Half Term Activity Six

Posted on 24 August 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
Uncle Sam's Medal of Honor
24
Aug

Hold Your Own Medal Ceremony We are almost at the end of our weekly half term activities and we are in a celebratory kind of mood! After many weeks now of no school and all kinds of different types of tasks to keep us all occupied we thought one of the final things we could […]

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Half-Term Activities

Half Term Activity Five

Posted on 17 August 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
When Life is Young
17
Aug

Mini Beast Spotting Week five is all about adventures and getting out into the great outdoors! Our gardens and forests are filled with loads of wild and wonderful creatures just waiting to be discovered! This week we are doing a minibeast hunt. You can print off the checklist and go outside and see how many […]

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Half-Term Activities

Half Term Activity Four

Posted on 10 August 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945
10
Aug

A VJ Day Commemoration So, week four sees VJ day fall in the midst of our scheduled activities and I though it would be fun to do a little VJ day quiz as our activity this week. There are a couple of questions for you to answer and explore and you can even quiz the […]

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Half-Term Activities

Half Term Activity Three

Posted on 3 August 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
Making oat cakes
03
Aug

Its week three and we are half-way through the school holidays already! Time flies when you’re having fun! So, this week its definitely time for a little treat! This weeks’ activity will be a nice easy but super delicious recipe that requires lots of creativity for decorating 😊 They are perfect little treats for picnics […]

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Half-Term Activities

Half Term Activity Two

Posted on 27 July 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
Round the Hearth
27
Jul

Make Your Own Den Its week two of the firing line half term activities and the weather isn’t up to much 🙁 This week we are looking at fun indoor activities to beat the boredom and the awful weather at the same time! So without further ado, this week we will be making DENS!! The […]

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Half-Term Activities

Half Term Activity One

Posted on 21 July 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
Finger Puppets
21
Jul

So, after sixteen whole weeks of home school activities, we have now reached the end of term! Well done for keeping going through these crazy times and I hope our educational tools have helped or at least made it a little more bearable! Now you’ve done the hard work, we in the Firing Line education […]

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Home Schooling Suggestions

Week Sixteen

Posted on 13 July 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
Waterloo
13
Jul

I can’t believe we have made it into week sixteen of our home-schooling activities, those school holidays are getting closer! In the meantime we have another fun activity to keep those minds fresh and working!  This week we will be putting our newspaper reporters’ hats on and creating an article about something that interests us […]

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Home Schooling Suggestions

Week Fifteen

Posted on 6 July 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
Florence Nightingale
06
Jul

As we go into week 15 of our home-schooling activities, I thought we could try one of out beloved, tried and tested craft activities that goes down a treat in the Firing Line Museum. The craft I have chosen is to make your own historical figure! In the past we have tried Waterloo soldiers, modern […]

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Home Schooling Suggestions

Week Fourteen

Posted on 28 June 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
The Comic history of England
28
Jun

So, this week we go into week 14 of our home-schooling activities and we are going to be mixing things up a little this week. Using our comprehension, creative and research skills this week we will be creating some comic strips. Choosing one of the events below and using the comic strip template we have […]

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Museum News

Museum Anniversary

Posted on 26 June 202019 May 2021 by Hannah Searle
Prince Charles at Museum
26
Jun

Firing Line celebrates its 10th Anniversary As we approach the 10th Anniversary of the opening of the Firing Line Museum, Managing Curator Rachel Adams reflects on the journey that the organisation has been on and those challenges yet to come.  “10 years ago, I can remember the excitement of this very same weekend in June […]

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Firing Line is a unique and groundbreaking concept developed through a joint vision of 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh.

Firing Line is a World-Class exhibition commemorating over 300 years of proud and distinguished history including the Battle of Waterloo 1815, Rorke's Drift against the Zulus 1879 as well as recent service in Iraq and Afghanistan today.

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