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Key Stage 2

Kents Cavern is a Stone Age treasure chest. Three different human species, including Neanderthals and Britains oldest modern human have lived here in the last 500,000 years. They shared the cave and the outside area with extinct animals like Woolly Mammoths and Cave Bears.

Nowhere else in Devon can your class walk into the home of Stone Age people, making Kents Cavern the ideal place to enhance your topic on life in ancient Britain. 

For education enquiries, please email [email protected] or telephone 01803 215136.

 

All of our visits for KS2 include a broad range of information based on how the caves were formed, the people and animals that lived at Kents Cavern throughout the Stone Age and the Victorian archaeologists that worked here. Through this, we are able to cover a number of learning objectives from the National Curriculum.

Our educational visit runs from 10:30-13:45, it includes a guided tour of the cave, a break for lunch and two half an hour activities based around your topic. We have free coach or minibus parking and each class has a designated area on site to leave bags, coats and lunches. Each class also has their own dedicated member of our excellent education team, taking charge of the day from the moment you step foot off the coach right up to the end of your visit.

Please note, due to the size of the site at Kents Cavern, we are unable to host more than two classes in one day.

Key Stage 2 themes

The Stone Age

There is no other site in Devon where you can walk in the footsteps of Stone Age people. Kents Cavern is the only place in the world where three different human species have lived, leaving behind stone and bone tools as evidence. These humans shared the cave and surrounding area with a number of different animals whose bones were discovered by archaeologists in the 1800’s.

  • Learn about your prehistoric ancestors, how they survived, where they lived and how they have influenced technologies that we use today.
  • Learn about the Stone Age animals that roamed Britain thousands of years ago with discussion about predators and prey and which of them are extinct or still alive on the planet today.
  • Learn about how Britain changed throughout the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.
  • Learn about the importance of light, how it has evolved over time and the different sources of light that have been used in the cave.
  • Handle real and replica prehistoric artefacts.
  • Free Stone Age learning pack with pre and post visit activities available here
Typical Itinerary
10:30 Arrive
10:45 Cave Tour
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Palaeo Trail
13:15 Cave Art or Archaeo Dig
13:30 Prepare to leave for 13:45

These times are suggestions only, our itineraries can be changed to suit your needs.

 

Rocks and Fossils

Kents Cavern is made from 385 million year old limestone. A river eroded the inside of the rock to create the caverns we know today. These caves are home to stalagmites, stalactites and other cave formations.

Much younger than the cave system are the fossils discovered inside. Over 80,000 bones, teeth and tools were found by archaeologists inside the cave. These discoveries are so important that they were sent to museums and collectors all over the world.

  • Learn how different rocks are formed, including the formations in the cave.
  • Learn about the 3 different types of rocks
  • Learn how fossils are made
  • Handle real geological formations and replica fossilised hyena poo.
Typical Itinerary
10:30 Arrive
10:45 Cave Tour
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Palaeo Trail or Archaeo Dig
13:15 Handle Prehistoric Artefacts
13:30 Prepare to leave for 13:45

These times are suggestions only, our itineraries can be changed to suit your needs.

 

Evolution

The landscape in Britain was constantly changing throughout the Stone Age, meaning that the people and animals that lived here were constantly having to adapt to survive. From fossils found at Kents Cavern, we can learn how different human and animal species have evolved over time.

  • Learn that fossils can provide us with information about the past and how living things might have changed over time.
  • Learn about the changing landscape of Britain in the Stone Age and how different species adapted to survive.
  • Learn about the evolution of humans through the use of replica skulls and artefacts.
  • Learn that everything evolves, not just living things but the environment and technologies as well.
Typical Itinerary
10:30 Arrive
10:45 Cave Tour
12:00 Lunch
12:30 PalaeoTrail or Archaeo Dig
13:15 Darwin's Finches Activity
13:30 Prepare to leave for 13:45

These times are suggestions only, our itineraries can be changed to suit your needs.

We are also able to offer educational days themed on creative writing, art, geography and the UNSCO English Riviera Geopark.

Don’t see your ideal topic above? Don’t worry! Our expert educational team can provide bespoke experiences based on your topics.

To book an educational visit or for more information, get in touch with us today via email [email protected] or by telephone 01803 215136.

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