Invasion of the Woolly Mammoths
Visitors to the Junior School had a surprise this week as they were greeted by a menagerie of Woolly Mammoths on display in the reception foyer.
The animals were crafted by pupils in Year 3 as part of their Humanities studies, in which this terms topic is ‘Prehistoric Britain’, and the children embraced the challenge of creating their mammoths with plenty of enthusiasm.
The big question for the termly topic was How did life change from The Stone Age to the Iron Age. The children were introduced to the concept of human prehistory and looked at significant differences between the ways people lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, using primary sources like Stonehenge to learn more. Within this, naturally, they also learnt about woolly mammoths, and were tasked with creating their own versions of the iconic prehistoric animal.
Junior School Director of Studies Lucy Kirkland said: “When launching a new topic, we sometimes set the children cross-curricular homework to get them excited about their new learning and to inspire creativity in a different subject area. The children were given some loose instructions to construct their mammoth using a recycled milk bottle but were encouraged to be as creative as they’d like. We were thrilled to see such a stampede of mammoths in the corridors!”
One pupil commented: “I had so much fun making my woolly mammoth, using pipe cleaners to make the tusks was really funny.”
