Handling real and replica Stone Age to Iron Age artefacts
An Iron Age rotary quern
Have a go at Stone Age skills - using a bow drill
Staying Alive in the Stone Age
Take a school trip to some of the most amazing Stone Age and prehistoric sites
Stone Age fun
Learn about ancient stone tool making
Our KS2 Stone Age to Iron Age Workshops can be held entirely within classrooms. We arrive with two specialists, who will lead themed sessions for up to 2 classes. If working with three or more classes, we provide an activity for staff to lead which children and staff cycle through so that they experience all of the activities we offer during the day. Our exciting and innovative VR and AR (virtual and augmented reality) sessions are always very popular. Using the latest technology, children explore the cave art of the Lascaux caves; they will discover how a roundhouse was made and then take a peek in a 'lived in' abode; they will take a tour of some of Britain's most prominent megalithic works including Stonehenge and Avebury; they will also visit the inside of long barrows.
Other Stone Age activities can include:
Looking at Prehistoric clothing including handling real animal skins, turning wool to fabric, carding wool to neaten the fibres, spinning using a drop spindle and weaving using a peg loom.
Artefact handling investigating authentic artefacts from the Stone Age to the Iron Age Celts as well as realistic replicas. They also have the chance to learn about relative chronology through stratigraphy.
Exploring daily life including using a bow drill, making butter and wattle a wall.
Nettle cordage demonstration - children will have the opportunity to create their own cordage woollen bracelet.
Learn how to make wheat flour, using a mesolithic saddle quern and an iron age rotary quern
A chance to handle some larger 'mystery objects' -what were they used for?
A look at Iron Age Celtic coins and the tribes they belonged to.
Using stratigraphy to date objects and compare eras.
Widget workshop's Stone Age to Iron Age Celt prehistory visits for primary schools, what a day trip!