In June, they are able to transplant a popular Victorian plant to take home and care for, themselves. Each student will practice with this writing technology to produce a piece of written and artistic work. Through a programme of crafts, games, and music students compare our customs and pastimes with those of long ago. Experience first hand the holiday festivities at a British fort in Canada. Activities include making a Christmas decoration to take home and preparing a special treat to eat over the hearth.
Participants prepare and eat a soldiers' meal of stew, bread and butter.
The students cut up the meat and vegetables and cook their stew in an authentic boiler, make butter from cream and bake cakes on the hearth. After a tour of the fortifications and officer' exhibits, dinner is eaten in the soldiers' barrack. This program has a size limit of about 30 students. Information last updated September 13, 1999.