What's included in the Stone Age to Iron Age History at Home resource and why is it useful?

Stone Age to Iron Age History at Home is a one-page activity sheet to send home to parents and carers at the start of the topic. It includes what children will be learning, great conversation starters, ideas to try at home, famous figures to explore and places to find out more, covering Prehistoric Britain from hunter-gatherers to farmers, and the meaning behind Stonehenge.

What's on the sheet?

Learning: Prehistoric Britain through the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, how humans changed from hunter-gatherers using flint tools to farmers living in roundhouses, the discovery of bronze and iron, Stonehenge, and how life changed when the Romans invaded in 43 CE.

Conversation starters: questions such as "How would you build a house or cut your dinner using only a sharp rock?" and "If you made a cave painting today, what would your picture show?"

Ideas to try at home: a cave art studio under the table, soap knapping and being a supermarket forager.

Famous figures: Cheddar Man, the Amesbury Archer, Queen Boudicca and Emperor Claudius, with dates and a line on each.

Books and websites: Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura, Horrible Histories: Savage Stone Age and BBC Bitesize KS2 History.

How do our History at Home resources work?

Our History at Home resources sit alongside our history scheme. Send them home to parents and carers at the start of each topic to promote learning at home without it being a taxing homework-style resource. They also help parents build their own knowledge of the topic, so they can connect with what their child is learning in school.

Teach the full unit with our six Stone Age to Iron Age lessons.