This term, we will be following different lines of inquiry, to help us to find out about how “Evidence of past civilisations may be used to make connections to present-day societies. "

The lines of inquiry we will explore are:

• Evidence of past civilisations - form.

• The relevance of past civilisations for our lives - connection.

• Influence of past civilisations – change 

WOW! What a week to begin term 2! The children have ben very busy this week beginning to learn about past civilisations and more specifically the Stone Age. We started our week with a visitor. Mr Hughes (a parent) came in to tell the children all about archeology and brought in some artefacts that they could all look at. The children were all thoroughly engaged and excited about this. As the week went on, the children went on a vocabulary hunt in the woods to learn about the Stone Age as well as learning about early settlements. By the end of the week, the children were Stone Age boys and girls! On Friday, we had our Stone Age day. The children (and staff!) dressed up in stone age wear and completed various activities throughout the day. In the morning, they were hunters searching for animals; stone age dancers and mathematicians. We then recreated Stonehenge with clay and finished our day by drawing wooly mammoths.  We all had a fantastic time!

Over the past few weeks the children have been busy learning more about the Stone Age Period. We have learnt that it was split into 3 eras (Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic). We have explored how hunting and farming was developed over this time with their use of tools and skills. In our geography lessons, we have been looking at settlements and how they have also developed over time. 

In Week 4, the children started their week by tasting some bread! We are doing some market research to be able to make a bake our own bread over a fire later in the term. The children were very excited to take part in this activity and some tried bread they had never eaten before! They were tasked to explore the texture, appearance, smell and taste.

A parent asked where we got our brown bread from as their child wanted to eat more of it (but had never eaten it before!) - a success we think!

In Week 5, the children started their week by making some bread! They were very excited to make this and worked well together as groups. Each child then added their own spice or seasoning to thier own taste. We were then fortubnate enough to have Ranger Donna come into school on Tuesday to run a forest school session for us. The children whittled their sticks to put thier bread on and cooked it over the fire. We also had some hot chocolate too!