The weather today was very cold, but sunny and beautiful and we were well wrapped up to enjoy our day.  We started off first in the visitor classroom where the children created a timeline of historical moment over the last 5000 years.  They then looked at museum replicas of animals skin clothing, deer antler tools and tools made with flint.  The children then got to practice, on a very small scale, using a newton metre to measure how much force they would need to move one of the stones along on a contraption involving a sled like piece of wood and lots of tree trunks.  Did you know it would have taken the work of 200 adults in Neolithic times to move one stone a very long way?!  The children also ‘built’ Stonehenge how it would’ve been 5000 years ago.  Again, on a very small scale and they found out that over the years it was changed 3 times by different people that came along and settled near by.  Before heading off for some lunch, we all visited one of the roundhouses and practised grinding wheat to make flour, which we realised would take a very long time and much effort.  After lunch, we took the shuttle bus to the monument where we finally saw the infamous stones.  It was an incredible sight and a wonderful conclusion to our very successful trip.

Well done year 3!  You were brilliant!