Gressenhall Neolithic trip Last Friday , we visited Gressenhall farm and workhouse, to take part in activities all about Neolithic times (also known as the Stone Age). First we went into the forest to find out about how the Stone age people were 'hunter-gatherers'. We learnt that they ate nuts and berries that they found, and hunted for animals and fish. We looked at different weapons that they used such as a long bow, arrow and a long spear. The children then had a chance to hunt a pretend wild boar, by throwing a spear at it. After that, we visited the museum and learnt all about tools, pots and other items that have been found by archaeologists. We had to look around carefully and find some of these items like a arrowhead. We looked at flints and hammer heads and found out how these were created. Then we we thought about later in the Neolithic period, when the Stone Age people began to farm. They re...
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