Stone Age to Iron Age

Bringing to Life the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age- KS2

An inspiring, authentic, hands-on experience designed for the KS2 curriculum. Children will discover how people lived, learn core skills and experiment with techniques from the era. These sessions will form a fantastic stimulus for discussion and debate around this exciting curriculum topic.

Through storytelling, we will set the scene and take the group back in time enabling them to imagine the world as it was viewed by the Stone Age person. Our story will then take the group on a journey through to the Bronze and Iron Age exploring the values, needs and wants of the people of this era.

Stone Age Tool Making

Learn about stone axe making in the Lake District and the famous Langdale axe factory. Explore the properties of different stone material used for tools. Each child will grind their own primitive axe out of slate.

Hunter Gatherer Challenge

Stone Age people couldn’t go to the supermarket to buy food! Explore our collection of animal feeding signs, skulls, animal tracks and a variety of plant foods that would have formed part of the diet of a hunter gatherer. Once the group has gained some specialist knowledge they will be sent on a hunter gathering journey to test their new skills.

Fire Lighting

Humans have interacted with fire for thousands of years. Discover the development of fire lighting through the ages and experiment with lighting fires with a spark using a fire steel.

Make string from leaf fibres - Natural Cordage

Learn the technique for making natural cordage from leaves discussing properties of natural materials found in the wild.

The Metal Ages - Copper Work

Understand the amazing discovery of extracting metal from the ground and why archaeologists think the metal ages developed as they did. Each child will create their own decorative copper plate which they will hammer on to wood with stone hammers.

Natural Pigments and Rock Art

Explore and create artworks using natural pigments and the cultural traditions of rock art. The children get to grind rocks and soil to make their own pigments.

We look forward to travelling back in time with you!