Chestnut Class visit Butser Hill Ancient Farm
Chestnut Class visited Butser Hill Ancient Farm as part of our ‘Digging in the Past’ topic. We had a fantastic day learning about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. We learnt that there were three parts to the Stone Age - Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic. At the farm we were lucky enough to experience what it would have been like to live as a Stone Age and Iron Age child. We sat in replica Stone Age and Iron Age houses and noticed how their shape changed through time, from rectangular to circular.
We took part in four different activities. We became archaeologists and dug up artefacts; we made cordage bracelets; became a farmer and made a wattle fence and we used clay to make Stone Age and Iron Age clay pots.
The trip was very hands on and we had lots of fun learning new facts and experiencing life in Pre-historic Britain!
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