Our first project this year was looking at the Stone Age. We looked at how people lived in the Stone Ages but also thought about how this compared to the way we live now. We learnt about the different lives of stone age people including how they dressed, the food they ate and the houses they lived in. We used all this information to create our own stories. The stories were then made into a simple coding programme called Scratch Junior. The children were able to add and change the characters, the background and move the characters around. The children were therefore able to use modern technology to present their knowledge on the lives of people in the past. We also used this idea in Jewish Studies looking at stories from the Torah and how we can use the messages from these stories in our day to day lives. In Life Skills the children were also thinking about how they can survive by looking at basic everyday skills of making their bed, washing their hands and hanging up their clothes.
Teacher’s Reflections
“I feel that this was a successful project as the children were able to learn about the lives of people who lived a long time ago and how they survived and compare that to our lives. I feel the trip to Chiltern Open Air Museum was a success as the trip was very practical and interactive and the children could try out skills they would have used in the Stone Ages such as making a fire and making a basic shelter. The children also enjoyed transforming their Stone Age story into a Scratch Junior coding project and using the different coding techniques although I feel this was a bit tricky for the less able students who just wanted to play rather than create a specific coding project!”
– Stephanie Sungtong
Students’ Reflections
“My favourite part of the project was the fossils” – Adam
“I felt really happy with my sone age story” – Kingsley
“My favourite part was using Scratch Junior for my project.” – Eli
“I would create longer pieces of work next time.” – Eli F
