Elizabethan farmer’s wife, Mystress Alys, leaves the countryside to return to her former employer’s, a Merchants family, to assist in the preparations for the midwinter celebrations. The friendly Tudor leads the children in a wide range of activities, drawing on the customs and traditions that were enjoyed by both the poorer and the wealthier classes, and culminating in a Tudor Feast, complete with candles, food, and the Boar’s Head Carol.
Activities include:
Tudor Cookery, Dipping Candles, Making Seasonal Decorations, Handling and Drawing Artefacts, Tudor Dancing, Singing and, of course, The Feast itself.
This day supports Unit 8 of QCA History Schemes of Work - Key stage 2