Top Marks for School’s Archaeology Center

Pupils at Valley Park Community School in Maidstone have a new amenity, a purpose-built archaeology centre and museum in the school grounds. The KAS Education Committee has provided a laptop computer for use within the centre. Pam Johnson, Head of History at the school, instigated and co-ordinated the design, construction and furnishing of the centre and is delighted that pupils will be able to further explore their interest in their after-school club.

The centre was officially opened by the Mayor of Maidstone, Morel de Souza, and Phil Harding of ‘Time Team’, as part of a day of activities designed around the Vinters Estate and the Whatman family. In the morning pupils investigated the landscape and remains within Vinters Park, led by Ian Coulson; workshops in the afternoon included Victorian washday, paper making and also flint knapping by Phil Harding.

Valley Park pupils listen intently to an explanation of knapping techniques