Scavengers and Settlers

Year 2 went on an educational visit to Celtic Harmony in Brickendon. This was planned as an engaging entry to their new 'Scavengers and Settlers' topic. The children developed their knowledge about prehistory and how people survived during the Stone and Iron Ages. 

The children foraged for food identifying poisonous mushrooms, traded goods, built Stone Age shelters, made soup and hunted animals. They also observed fire making and flint knapping demonstrations as well as experiencing life inside an Iron Age style roundhouse.

We learnt about how shelters changed through the ages and made model caves and Iron Age hill forts using a range of Art and DT skills. 

We created our caves, adding a cave painting reflecting life in prehistoric times.

We then researched, debated and planned where to build our hillforts.

Using our teamwork skills we formed the natural features of the hill and ditch using paper, tape and  paint. Next, we constructed the buildings, fences and tools that could be found in a hillfort.