UKS2
Topic: Stone Age to Iron Age
Block: Stonehenge
Research the meaning and significance of Stonehenge; construct edible models; learn about Neolithic
problem solving and engineering; create a burial chamber in the style of a long barrow and create a
classroom Stonehenge Experience.
Block E: Stonehenge
[5 sessions]
By the end of this block you
will have achieved the
following outcomes:
Session 1: History and
Computing
What Do We Know About
Stonehenge?
In this session you will
generate questions about
Stonehenge and attempt to
discover some answers! You
will learn about the
significance of Stonehenge
and speculate about its
meaning.
Session 2: History and D&T
How Did Stonehenge Look
4500 Years Ago?
Discover what Stonehenge
may have looked like when it
was originally created and
appreciate its details through
construction of models.
Session 3: History and D&T
How Was Stonehenge Built?
Learn about the materials
used in the construction of
Stonehenge and explore the
challenges facing the
builders of this Neolithic
monument.
Main outcome: History
Other outcomes: Art, English, Computing and D&T

Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding
of Britain, and local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and
across the periods they study.
 Know about changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, including
Bronze Age religion, technology and travel – Stonehenge.
 Improve mastery of art and design techniques.
 Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences.
 Plan their writing by identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing,
and selecting the appropriate form.
 Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative,
functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose.
 Select and use software on a range of digital devices.
 Become responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information
and communication technology.
Children will:
 Generate questions about Stonehenge and research facts.
 Hypothesise about the meaning and significance of Stonehenge.
 Become more familiar with the physical, geographical and spiritual aspects of
Stonehenge.
 Research questions online.
 Use information to inform the class.
Children will:
 Understand that the monument we see today does not look as it was
originally intended.
 Appreciate the details of Stonehenge through constructing it in different
materials.
 Choose different materials to construct a mini edible Stonehenge.
Children will:
 Understand that the materials for the Stonehenge monument came from
areas a long way from Salisbury Plain.
 Appreciate that the construction of Stonehenge required great feats of
problem-solving and engineering.
 Discuss different theories about how the stones were moved and erected.
 Create a stone lintel with clay and reconstruct how the Neolithic builders
worked.
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UKS2
Topic: Stone Age to Iron Age
Session 4: History and D&T
Who Built Stonehenge?
Learn about and understand
aspects of the lives of the
people alive at the time
Stonehenge was built.
Session 5: History and
English
The Stonehenge Experience
Guides
Bring together the learning
about Stonehenge to create
an informative and
interesting exhibition for
visitors from outside the
class.
Block: Stonehenge
Children will:
 Understand and imagine people’s lives in the past.
 Understand what was involved in creating a burial chamber in the
style of the Neolithic long barrow.
Children will:
 Create a Stonehenge experience for guests to visit, drawing on facts
and knowledge accumulated during the sessions.
 Bring to life the many aspects of their learning about Stonehenge.
 Role-play the Stonehenge construction workers.
 Communicate their learning to others in informative and lively
ways.
Resources needed
Session 1
Provided: Aerial shots of Stonehenge; Stonehenge question templates.
You will need: Strips of paper; Marker pens; Chalk/masking tape; A camera; Library resources.
Session 2
Provided: The Complete Stonehenge images; How to make a cheese puff Stonehenge guide.
You will need: Cheese puffs; Pink wafer biscuits; Bourbon biscuits; Butter/fudge icing; Trays.
Session 3
Provided: Stonehenge’s journey; Stonehenge’s joints; Stonehenge’s stones; How to raise a Stonehenge
lintel guide.
You will need: Air drying clay; String; Toy people; A pot of earth/sand; Twigs or bits of cane; A camera.
Session 4
Provided: How to make your own Stonehenge burial barrow guide.
You will need: Air drying clay; Toy people; Square sheets of thick card; Grass cuttings.
Session 5
Provided: Stonehenge’s journey (from session 3).
You will need: Models of Stonehenge (from session 2); Sarsen stone model and photographs (from
session 3); Long barrow model (from session 4); A ball.
The links to the websites and the contents of the web pages associated with such links specified on this list (hereafter collectively referred to as the ‘Links’)
have been checked by Hamilton Trust (being the operating name of the registered charity, William Rowan Hamilton Trust) and to the best of Hamilton
Trust’s knowledge, are correct and accurate at the time of publication. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other terms and conditions on the Hamilton
Trust website, you acknowledge that Hamilton Trust has no control over such Links and indeed, the owners of such Links may have removed such Links,
changed such Links and/or contents associated with such Links. Therefore, it is your sole responsibility to verify any of the Links which you wish you use.
Hamilton Trust excludes all responsibility and liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any Links.