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We went out and about this month to the Stonehenge Landscape. The visit had been organised for us by Andrew and Lucy from the National Trust. They took us for a walk through the landscape surrounding Stonehenge. We stopped at … Continue reading →

In June our session was looking at maps and how archaeologists used maps to help them find out about sites. We had several activities to take part in. We looked at Ordnance Survey maps and symbols; we had a real … Continue reading →

This month we looked at South American Archaeology, the Incas, Mayas and Aztecs. We had to find the answers to quiz questions hidden around the hall, so that we could find out more about the civilisation’s that lived in South … Continue reading →

We had a wander around Salisbury Cathedral Close looking at the different buildings. We had to look at the windows and doors to see if we could date the buildings and also look at the brick size and bonding. We … Continue reading →

This month we looked at communication through the ages, we made semaphore flags and sent messages to each other. We looked at coded messages then made our own secret messages and learnt how the Egyptians left messages on walls using … Continue reading →

This month Julian Richards joined us to talk to us about Vikings. After an introduction to the Vikings, we made Jewellery built a Viking boat complete with dragon heads and shields (DSC_0335); we tried some Viking food and played a … Continue reading →

This month we had several activities to carry out looking at different periods in time. We looked at the Egyptians, drawing Egyptian symbols and gods and looking at their clothes. For the Romans we used finds from an actual Roman … Continue reading →