It was lovely to welcome to Erasmus Darwin House the children from Lichfield Cathedral’s Summer School. They enjoyed earning Garden Explorer badges after hunting for hedgehogs, spotting snails, sniffing pizza herbs, and exploring the plants and wildlife in our fabulous herb garden. Then they competed in the Magnets Challenge: how many paperclips can YOU pick…
It was lovely to have two Year 2 classes from St Michael’s School visiting us last week. The children dressed up in 1770 costume and talked about how they felt wearing such different clothes. Some said that the clothes made them feel ‘special’. The teachers suggested that the school uniform should be changed to 1770…
THE UNVEILING OF A SCULPTURE AT ERASMUS DARWIN HOUSE FUNDED BY SWINFEN BROUN TRUST Erasmus Darwin House will be unveiling a new sculpture in it’s Herb Garden by local artist, Hannah Golding, based on the theme Darwin’s Lunar Legacy. The unveiling with take place on 13th April and there will also be a month-long…
Thank you to British Science Week and Lichfield Science and Engineering Society for supporting our Science Activities on 16 March 2019, based on the theme of Journeys! We’ve had some great fun looking at the journey of poo in humans and worms, making wormeries, finding out about Charles Darwin’s journey to the Galapagos Islands…
In February the topic for the science club was ‘The Future of Materials’. The children had great fun making a crash helmet for an egg and discovering how materials might change and develop in the future.
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