Stone Age Workshop

Lesson: History

Class: Year 3 Year: 2016 - 2017

Wow, what an exciting surprise to greet Y3 today! When the children arrived at school they discovered that their classroom had been transformed into a Stone Age workshop. Throughout the day, Mrs Ashby, from Real History Hire, delivered fascinating, hands on sessions, firstly detailing what we know about the Stone Age and also how the facts were gathered. .

As the morning progressed, the children had time to explore precious artefacts whilst thinking of the connections between the objects. The children thought about the materials they were made from and what the uses may have been. Just before lunch, Mrs Ashby revealed what the key items were on each table, the connections between them, and deepened our knowledge about the Stone Age. We also managed to squeeze in a sketching session!

After lunch was our Art and Craft workshop. Mrs Ashby explained how pots, jewellery and drawings would have been made and how they looked during the Stone Age. We then we had a go at making our own!

A thoroughly enjoyable day and as one child quoted, "I wish that I was just waking up so that I could do it all again!"