2.THE STONE AGE
2.THE STONE AGE
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In this exploration of Stone Age life pupils journey through the major milestones of early human history, combining interactive lessons with hands-on workshops where they recreate cave paintings, hand-build Neolithic pots and explore what was it like to grow as a child, to experience first-hand how innovation, creativity, and community shaped the prehistoric world.
In this exploration of Stone Age life pupils journey through the major milestones of early human history, combining interactive lessons with hands-on workshops where they recreate cave paintings, hand-build Neolithic pots and explore what was it like to grow as a child, to experience first-hand how innovation, creativity, and community shaped the prehistoric world.
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Session Carefully designed sessions led by academics experienced in bringing the latest research into the classroom and working with replica tools to engage pupils. Available in person and online.
Workshop Hands-on workshops that engage pupils in experimental archaeology, designed to help them test hypotheses, explore processes, and evaluate evidence. Available only in person.
2.1 - The World of the Stone Age
2.1 - The World of the Stone Age
Did you know that the animals most often represented in Palaeolithic cave art are among the ones least frequently consumed as food? Experience the world of the first humans in this hands-on journey into the Stone Age, where pupils step back in time to explore life before farming by hunting and gathering, making tools and music, and painting by firelight, handling objects, learning how shelters and fires were made, and discovering how archaeologists use artefacts and cave art, drawing on the latest archaeological research, to understand how early communities lived.
Duration: 1 hour
Price: £50
Level: KS2
Delivery: This session can be delivered either in school or online.
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2.2 - Cave Painting in the Palaeolithic
2.2 - Cave Painting in the Palaeolithic
During this exciting workshop, we explore the caves of Lascaux in France, one of the most iconic prehistoric sites in the world. Using natural pigments and simple tools, pupils recreate their own cave-style artwork—just like the first artists!
Duration: 1.5 hours.
Price: £120
Level: KS2
Session requirements: a room with a projector for presentations and tables for the workshop.
Delivery: This session can be delivered in school.
2.3 - Life as ... a woman in the Palaeolithic NEW 2026
2.3 - Life as ... a woman in the Palaeolithic NEW 2026
In this session, pupils investigate what life may have been like for women in the Stone Age through archaeology, challenging the familiar stereotype of “Man the Hunter, Woman the Gatherer”. They learn that a strict division of labour in the Paleolithic is often assumed rather than proven, and that modern ideas about gender can shape the stories we tell about the past. Using material evidence, pupils examine how archaeologists reconstruct women’s activities from stone tools and their use-wear, diet evidence, art, skeletal stress and injury patterns, and burials. They explore why there is little clear evidence that women were excluded from hunting, and how recent research encourages us to see Stone Age labour as flexible and shared, with all people contributing to survival in different ways.
Duration: 1 hour
Price: £50
Level: KS2
Delivery: This session can be delivered either in school or online.
2.4 - Life as ... a child in the Palaeolithic
2.4 - Life as ... a child in the Palaeolithic
What was life like for children in the Stone Age? This session shows how archaeology, ancient DNA, and stable isotope analysis can be used to reconstruct childhood in Stone Age communities by identifying children’s age and sex in the archaeological record, exploring what Stone Age households reveal about family life, work, and care, tracing movement and migration, and examining the part children played in creating and engaging with Palaeolithic and Neolithic art, asking how different forms of material culture reflect relationships between children, their families, and the wider community.
Duration: 1 hour
Price: £50
Level: KS2
Delivery: This session can be delivered either in school or online.
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2.5 - Prehistoric Jewellery and Identity
2.5 - Prehistoric Jewellery and Identity
In this hands-on workshop, pupils create prehistoric-style jewellery using natural materials and simple tools while learning how jewellery in Neolithic and Bronze Age societies was made, worn, and valued, exploring how objects could express identity, age, status, skill, and long-distance connections, and how archaeologists use these finds to understand social life in the prehistoric past.
Duration: 1.5 hours.
Price: £120
Level: KS2
Session requirements: a room with a projector for presentations and tables for the workshop.
Delivery: This session can be delivered in school.
2.6 - The Birth of the Village: Farming, Domestication and Pottery in the Neolithic
2.6 - The Birth of the Village: Farming, Domestication and Pottery in the Neolithic
What did life look like when people began to farm and live together in villages? During the lesson pupils investigate the transition from foraging to farming, the domestication of plants and animals, and the invention of pottery. Looking at tools and examples from real Neolithic sites, they’ll explore the latest discoveries around these early settled communities.
Duration: 1 hour
Price: £50
Level: KS2
Delivery: This session can be delivered either in school or online.
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2.7 - Neolithic pottery making and decorating
2.7 - Neolithic pottery making and decorating
During the workshop, pupils will use craft their own pots using traditional hand-building methods like pinching and coiling. They will decorate their creations with natural textures and tools inspired by Neolithic designs, gaining hands-on experience with one of the most important innovations of the period.
Duration: 1.5 hours.
Price: £120
Level: KS2
Session requirements: a room with a projector for presentations and tables for the workshop.
Delivery: This session can be delivered in school.
2.8 - Life as a ... woman in the Neolithic NEW 2026
2.8 - Life as a ... woman in the Neolithic NEW 2026
Explore the lives of women in the Neolithic world, from the remarkable settlement of Çatalhöyük in Türkiye to the communities of Neolithic Britain, uncovering what archaeology reveals about daily life, work, identity, and social roles. Through houses, burials, objects, and even the latest genetic studies, this session shows how new evidence is transforming our understanding of women and family life in one of the most fascinating periods of human history.
Duration: 1 hour
Price: £50
Level: KS2
Delivery: This session can be delivered either in school or online.
Prices
Prices
Prices include all equipment, teaching and workshop materials and FREE preparatory and follow up activities for your classroom.
Discounts are applied when three or more sessions/workshops are booked together.
Travel costs may apply for schools located more than 20 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne (UK).
Number of pupils: Each in person session is designed for one classroom, typically around 30 pupils. Online sessions can be extended to larger groups.
Info and Booking
Info and Booking
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