Young Cave Dwellers’ Stone Age Learning Fun

Year 3 children beginning their learning journey into the Stone Age dressed in a range of period-themed outfits as they investigated a range of period activities.

For their Art to Start, which takes place at the start of every topic unit, they collaborated to make their own natural paints using berries, spinach and cornflour and created artwork using these materials.

They also built their own biscuit Stonehenge standing stones and practised weaving. Adopting the role of archaeologists, they carefully unearthed a range of prehistoric artefacts and presented their findings to each other.

In the coming weeks pupils will explore prehistory chronologically, investigating how life changed between the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods.

They will learn about the discovery of Skara Brae – the Neolithic village in Orkney, Scotland dating back 5,000 years - and the significance of Otzi the Iceman, the naturally mummified body of a Copper Age man, discovered in 1991 in the Alps.

They will sketch Iron Age artefacts, design and make their own roundhouses and find out why early people created bronze.

To add to their learning, the Year 3 group will visit the Beaney museum in Canterbury later in the year to participate in a variety of workshops.

Stone Age Day was planned by year group teachers Alicia Hayzelden and Beth Bullard as part of the overall From Stone to Iron topic work.

Assistant Head of School Kiki Amin said: “The children looked terrific in their outfits and were immediately enthusiastically engaged in learning different aspects of the subject.

So much effort went into creating the right platform to launch this topic – the range of activities were fascinating and were a perfect lead in for what will be a memorable learning adventure.”

Stone Age fact file: The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 3,000 BC.

Ramsgate Arts Primary is part of the Viking Academy Trust with its partner schools Chilton Primary in Ramsgate and Upton Juniors in Broadstairs.

**Contact Head of School Nick Budge on 01843 582847