In 3rd and 4th class we recently learned about the Stone Age. We found this topic very interesting and have learned lots of new facts!

While learning about the Neolithic Age, we were particularly interested in the Céide Fields in County Mayo and we were then inspired to construct our own round houses.

First, we went outside to gather leaves and twigs for our roofs. Some of us also chose to use brown fabric. We felt that the fabric looked like animal skins, that may have been used to insulate houses during the Stone Age.

Next, we proceeded to make a cone shape out of paper plates and we stuck the materials onto the plates to create the roofs of our Stone Age houses.

After that, we painted strips of card and drew a stone effect on the strips, once the paint had dried. We them measured our roofs and used these measurements to help us assemble our houses.

We also created some Stone Age cave paintings of animals, that might have lived during the stone age.

Written by the children in 3rd and 4th class