In the lead up to the dig the children had a lesson to introduce them to the local history and the story we were using as the reason for the day. They were also given some basic information about archaeology and constructed a grid to use in their investigations. A letter also went home so children could come dressed for their parts on the day.
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| Grid used to record finds. |
During the preparations the children from year 6 found a number of objects in the ground but to ensure the children kept focus these and some other objects were placed in the eighteen locations we were using to help with the time line activity at the end of the session. (It was amazing just how much the children found and how little this was of what had been planted!)
On the morning of the big dig ninety excited children came into the hall for their Time Team like briefing all dressed either as diggers or News Reporters.
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| Briefing for the day. |
The weather couldn't have been better as we had our first really warm spring day of the year and the ground was soft enough to dig quite easily.
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| Members of the News Team checking equipment. |
The dig quickly got under way as each team went to their designated area and began to dig. Excitement quickly grew as children came running over with objects they had found.
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| Setting up |
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| Interviews live at the dig |
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| Look what I found |
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| And me! |
More to follow in next post.
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