This week saw our long-anticipated visit to Murton Park to support our learning about the Stone Age. It was a cold day, but enthusiasm ran high as we took part in a variety of activities based around daily life for Stone Age people. Our day started in the biggest roundhouse observing Stone Age artefacts and working out what they might have been used for. As the Stone Age is prehistory (before written records) we can only make educated guesses at how people lived back then.

The middle section of the day involved us splitting into 4 groups to take part in different household tasks that would have been essential for survival.

• Weaving with wool to create new clothes
• Grinding wheat to make flour
• Using clay to create and decorate beaker pots to store ingredients or to cook with
• Working silently as a team to hunt with spears

Our day ended in one of the smaller roundhouses, which was darker and lit only by the fire in the middle. Out Stone Age guide, Moon, told us that at the end of the day families would gather to tell stories. The children enjoyed the gripping nature of the storytelling and its twists and turns.