DILTON Marsh CE Primary School year 3 students were recently treated to a visit by TV presenter and archaeologist Julian Richards who chatted to the children about life in Stone Age Britain.
“We were lucky to have a local archaeologist, Julian Richards, to visit us to give us an insight into what his job is like and how they make discoveries about the Stone Age,” said a spokesperson from the school.
“Before his visit, we have thought lots about what clothes would have been worn and how people would have lived and survived. The children had lots of questions about how we know so much about The Stone Age when it was such a long time ago.”
Some of the children gave their thoughts on the exciting visit:
“We learnt that they could potentially cook fish fingers and pizza! Also, he showed us what materials they would have used in The Stone Age and what it takes to be an archaeologist,” said Ezra.
“Julian showed us if you found an outline of a house you could put materials there to bring the house back to life,” said Elize.
“Julian showed us how the people would have made bread with the fire,” said Juno.
Alice added, “Julian showed us how a special tool was used so that the animal fur could be used as a rug.”
Edison said, “I learnt that living in Stone Age Britain would have been really hard work. Even the children had to do lots of jobs!”
“I learnt how they would have done their cooking. They even put food in the roof to smoke it,” said Madeleiene.
“We saw how each layer of dirt revealed some new and exciting information,” said William K.
“I would love to be an archaeologist so that I could learn all about the past,” said Margot.
“We took off layers and each one revealed more about the past. We did have to be really careful so that we didn’t ruin anything though as it would be very fragile,” said Matilda.
The Willow Class added, “Thank you, Julian Richards, now we all want to be archaeologists!”
