Stone Age Workshops
The Stone Age Company
Latest News: 18th June 2026
We’ve been busy growing The Stone Age Company!
We’ve just launched a brand-new set of curriculum-linked outdoor learning programmes, designed to make it easier for teachers to bring Geography, History, Science and PSHE to life through real, hands-on woodland experiences. Everything is now even more clearly linked to the National Curriculum, making it fun and engaging for pupils, while also supporting teachers with clear curriculum coverage.
We have lived as Stone Age people in the Wilds of America with no modern equipment roaming the North Cascades as true nomadic hunter gatherers. And we have been on CHANNEL 4 SURVIVING THE STONE AGE!
We teach Stone Age education skills using the woodlands as an outdoor classroom. We also travel out to schools around the UK to offer a real Caveman in your classroom type experience. Our sessions are always highly interactive, educational and hands-on.
Our Sticks and Stone Age programme brings the subject alive and encourages children to connect with their history. We pass around the tools, the furs and containers of the past making the Stone Age subject a 3D experience. Choose from our list of activities for your hands on workshops. Get messy with cave art, light up our cave with primitive lamps, learn the process of making a stone tool or build a shelter just like our Mesolithic ancestors and more.
We’ve been busy growing The Stone Age Company!
We’ve just launched a brand-new set of curriculum-linked outdoor learning programmes, designed to make it easier for teachers to bring Geography, History, Science and PSHE to life through real, hands-on woodland experiences. Everything is now even more clearly linked to the National Curriculum, making it fun and engaging for pupils, while also supporting teachers with clear curriculum coverage.
We have lived as Stone Age people in the Wilds of America with no modern equipment roaming the North Cascades as true nomadic hunter gatherers. And we have been on CHANNEL 4 SURVIVING THE STONE AGE!We teach Stone Age education skills using the woodlands as an outdoor classroom. We also travel out to schools around the UK to offer a real Caveman in your classroom type experience. Our sessions are always highly interactive, educational and hands-on.
Our Sticks and Stone Age programme brings the subject alive and encourages children to connect with their history. We pass around the tools, the furs and containers of the past making the Stone Age subject a 3D experience. Choose from our list of activities for your hands on workshops. Get messy with cave art, light up our cave with primitive lamps, learn the process of making a stone tool or build a shelter just like our Mesolithic ancestors and more.
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Where we travel to
We can visit your school in: All UK Regions
What activities are available during this school workshop?
We run various activities but our standard is the interactive show and tell.
For a half day you can choose one activity and for a full day you can choose 2 activities.
Example activities;
Stone tools ' Using slate and sandstone learn the process of making simple blades, arrow heads and scrapping tools.
Mesolithic shelters ' using natural materials create a natural shelter much like that of our Mesolithic hunter gatherer ancestors.
Bare hands cooking ' Using simple methods cook bread without pots and pans
Hunting and gathering ' Learn some simple tracking methods and try your hand at some target practice with bows and arrows, atal atlas and sling shot.
Fat lamps ' Using clay learn about the materials our ancestors would have used to create simple illuminations.
Natural paints and cave art ' Try your hand at making markings with natural paints and dyes to create cave art on a piece of fabric to take back to school.
Primitive pots ' Use clay to create a traditional pot our ancestors would have used to cook on the fire with.
Wilderness walk 'Take a short walk to learn about the many uses of various common plants and trees.
For a half day you can choose one activity and for a full day you can choose 2 activities.
Example activities;
Stone tools ' Using slate and sandstone learn the process of making simple blades, arrow heads and scrapping tools.
Mesolithic shelters ' using natural materials create a natural shelter much like that of our Mesolithic hunter gatherer ancestors.
Bare hands cooking ' Using simple methods cook bread without pots and pans
Hunting and gathering ' Learn some simple tracking methods and try your hand at some target practice with bows and arrows, atal atlas and sling shot.
Fat lamps ' Using clay learn about the materials our ancestors would have used to create simple illuminations.
Natural paints and cave art ' Try your hand at making markings with natural paints and dyes to create cave art on a piece of fabric to take back to school.
Primitive pots ' Use clay to create a traditional pot our ancestors would have used to cook on the fire with.
Wilderness walk 'Take a short walk to learn about the many uses of various common plants and trees.
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Prehistory
Stone Age
A fully immersive Stone Age experience delivered in your school, bringing prehistory to life through hands-on survival challenges and storytelling. Pupils explore how early humans lived, adapted and survived using practical, memorable activities linked to the KS2 history curriculum.
Activities include:
Stone Age tool making using natural materials
Shelter building and survival challenges
Handling replica prehistoric resources
Exploring early human lifestyles
Adaptation and problem-solving tasks
KS2 history curriculum coverage
Stone Age and prehistory focus
Experiential, immersive learning
Expert-led storytelling and enquiry
Biology
Habitats Living things and habitats Everyday materials Animals including humans Plants
Hands-on KS2 science workshop delivered in your school grounds, bringing biology to life through practical investigation of plants, habitats and ecosystems. Pupils explore living things through engaging fieldwork-style activities that build enquiry skills and scientific understanding linked directly to the curriculum.
Activities include:
Plant and species identification
Habitat comparison investigations
Environmental observation tasks
Classification of living things
Scientific enquiry activities
KS2 science curriculum coverage
Living things and habitats
Practical investigation and enquiry learning
Outdoor learning in school grounds
Environmental Geography
Sustainable living
A KS2 geography and science workshop exploring climate change, sustainability and human impact through practical enquiry-based learning delivered in school. Pupils investigate environmental issues, make decisions and explore how actions affect the world around them.
Activities include:
Environmental impact investigations
Resource sorting and sustainability challenges
Habitat change observation
Discussion and field recording tasks
KS2 geography and science links
Real-world environmental understanding
Enquiry-based outdoor learning
Human Geography
Settlement and land use
KS2 geography exploring settlements, land use and human decision-making through hands-on survival and teamwork challenges delivered in school. Pupils investigate how people choose, use and adapt environments in real-world contexts.
Activities include:
Settlement site investigation challenges
Shelter building using natural materials
Land use mapping activities
Resource selection and survival tasks
Team-based problem solving
KS2 geography curriculum links
Human geography and settlements
Outdoor enquiry learning in school
Teamwork and communication skills
Physical Geography
Fieldwork Map and atlas
KS2 geography workshop exploring how natural environments are shaped and how people interact with them. Pupils investigate physical features, land use and environmental processes through practical fieldwork-style activities delivered in school grounds.
KS2 geography focus on physical processes
Landforms, environments and human interaction
Practical fieldwork in school setting
Enquiry-based outdoor learning
Bushcraft
>Fieldstudies
>Outdoor Learning
>PSHE
>What size groups do we cater for?
Minimum group 25 - Please contact us for maximum group size.
Access for visitors with disabilities
We are based in a woodland so we recommend a pre visit by staff if you need certain facilities
Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Yes We certainly can. Please use the form below to let us know your group's specific SEN requirements and we will get back to you with more information on how we can tailor our learning experience for your children.
Anything else?
Testimonials
'One of the best educational trips we have ever been on. The opportunities and activities for the children were brilliant and we all loved every minute. The course is an absolute credit to yourselves, thankyou Naomi.' ' Assistant head, Tunstall School.
"The most amazing day I've had in my job & the perfect end to our Stone Age topic. Dan is fantastic & his resources are fascinating, as are his stories of living as a Stone Age tribesman! Not sure who actually enjoyed themselves more, the children or us staff! I would highly recommend you to anyone and have shared your website on our class page of our school website too. I cannot say thank you enough." Grangehurst Primary, Coventry
'One of the best educational trips we have ever been on. The opportunities and activities for the children were brilliant and we all loved every minute. The course is an absolute credit to yourselves, thankyou Naomi.' ' Assistant head, Tunstall School.
"The most amazing day I've had in my job & the perfect end to our Stone Age topic. Dan is fantastic & his resources are fascinating, as are his stories of living as a Stone Age tribesman! Not sure who actually enjoyed themselves more, the children or us staff! I would highly recommend you to anyone and have shared your website on our class page of our school website too. I cannot say thank you enough." Grangehurst Primary, Coventry
Who are The Stone Age Company?
We have lived as Stone Age people in the Wilds of America with no modern equipment roaming the North Cascades as true nomadic hunter gatherers. And we have been on CHANNEL 4 SURVIVING THE STONE AGE!
We teach Stone Age education skills using the woodlands as an outdoor classroom. We also travel out to schools around the UK to offer a real Caveman in your classroom type experience. Our sessions are always highly interactive, educational and hands-on.
Our Sticks and Stone Age programme brings the subject alive and encourages children to connect with their history. We pass around the tools, the furs and containers of the past making the Stone Age subject a 3D experience. Choose from our list of activities for your hands on workshops. Get messy with cave art, light up our cave with primitive lamps, learn the process of making a stone tool or build a shelter just like our Mesolithic ancestors and more.
Our Reviews from Schools..
★★★★★
We had a fantastic day with Outback 2 basics. The children were engaged the entire time and it was very educational. Dan was very good with the children and we all went home with smiles on faces (including the teachers!) We will definitely be booking again next year.
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