We were delighted to win the tender to design two Key Stage Two Stone Age sessions for Clifton Park Museum in Rotherham. We wanted to do something a little bit different to the museums normal schools’ sessions – so we suggested that we worked outside with a fire.
The Museum was completely up for it and so the session was designed to be led in Clifton Park next to the museum. These photos are of our pilot session with the lovely Y5s of a local Primary School and include firelighting, bows and arrows, object handling, hunting mesolithic animals and building neolithic settlements.
“I am really pleased with the final session. It covers everything we asked for and more. The children are engaged through activities which encourage them to take part and have a go. This is the first time we have offered an outdoor session in the park. Rachel with her experience of delivering Forest School style sessions was able to show us how these sessions could work and to give us confidence to deliver ourselves. The activities within the session were well thought out and had clear links to the Stone Age. They were suitable for the ages and there was enough variety to keep the children interested. Rachel is an excellent deliverer. She really engages the children though practical activities and drama and role play.”
Lorna Pedley, Learning Officer, Heritage Services, Clifton Park Museum
