Prehistory school trips
Stone Age, Iron Age, and Bronze Age Britain
A relatively new and incredibly popular subject to the National Curriculum for Primary Schools is the subject area of Prehistory. On the following page we will take a look at what time period constitutes Prehistory, what was happening in the UK during this time, and most importantly, we will discuss the types of Prehistory school trips and outreach projects that are available to UK schools at Key Stage 1 and 2.
The period known as Prehistory is generally seen as the time before written records were made and kept. For us here in the UK, this means the people who inhabited our islands before the Romans arrived: The people of the Iron Age; The Bronze Age; and the Stone Age.
Although it is true that the further back in time we go, the less information we have to read about and the fewer examples we have to look at, there is still a wealth of information available to school children, and to help teachers add value to their prehistory topics.

Life Long Ago
Take your children back millions of years to discover the wonder of the dinosaurs with a fossil dig workshop.



Our Life Long Ago Workshop brings prehistoric life into your school. The children locate and identify fossils from some of the most iconic dinosaurs of the past. The children will learn when each dinosaur lived, their diet, habitat and predators. We provide all the fossils, the tools required and an expert to deal with all the burning questions from your young palaeontologists....
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The trips below are just a sample of the prehistory trips & workshops we have available for schools. Click your region below to view our full range..











Prehistory Day Trips
History, Prehistory, Celts, PSHE, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Step back into Ancient Britain at Celtic Harmony Camp, the UK’s largest reconstructed Iron Age settlement near Hertford. With a host of themed Prehistory educational visits from Stone Age to Iron Age, your class will be immersed in ancient Britain.

ZOOM into the Stone Age LIVE
History, Prehistory
Streaming online into your classroom we will guide you on a journey spanning 3.5 million years, from simple rock use through to farming. We use stories, show and tell and hands-on activities so that the children can step back in time with us. We dress up in full authentic buckskins so that the chil

Immersive Storytelling
English, History, Prehistory, Greeks, Ancient Civilisations, Egyptians, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Medieval, Tudors, Victorian, Edwardian
Covid-safe in-person performances designed to stimulate children's creativity and love of literacy


Stone Age Workshops
History, Prehistory, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Travel back in time with our professional actor who takes on the role of enthusiastic archaeologist Sally Spade, in order to explore this fascinating prehistoric period, discovering how it developed from the chaotic to the domestic. During the session, the children will create a timeline in order t

Braeside Residential
Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, Geology, History, Prehistory, Romans, Victorian, Physical Education, Farm, Wildlife, Bushcraft, Watersports
COVID-19 OFFER
Superb residential outdoor learning centre based on the edge of the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. Offering physical and educational programmes for young people tailored specifically to them in an idyllic setting.

Stone Age Activities and VR Day
History, Prehistory
COVID-19 OFFER
Discover Prehistory (Stone Age to Iron Age) in a day!
Visit ancient sites, using VR (optional).
Explore the past, with interactive sessions
Learn ancient skills with hands-on activities.
- A truly immersive and interactive day.

Outback 2 Basics
Fieldstudies, History, Prehistory, Bushcraft
A fantastic way to get children immersed in the Stone Age. Workshops are Interactive & hands on. An opportunity to get up-close and personal with our ancient ancestors. Smell and feel the Stone Age. We even have a real mammoth tooth to pass around!

Portals To The Past
English, Geography, Human Geography, History, Prehistory, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Medieval, Tudors, Victorian, worldwar
COVID-19 OFFER
Portals to the Past provide high quality history workshops in schools for KS2, led by experienced historical re-enactors and historians. Available across most of England. From the Stone Age through to WW2 our workshops come to your school.


Pre History Workshops
Citizenship, Maths, History, Prehistory, Design Technology, SEN
Focused practical tasks taking history as a starting point and using, DT, maths literacy, science and drama to differing degrees pupils create large scale reconstructions of famous architectural landmarks that bring curriculum subjects to life.


Theatre Workshop
English, Geography, Environmental Geography, History, Prehistory, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Tudors, Victorian, worldwar, Performing Arts, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Theatre Workshop have been visiting schools for over 25 years with fun filled active workshops. Our workshops certainly have the WOW factor and will get you pupils scrabbling for the internet to research for themselves. Book NOW

Stone Age
History, Prehistory
COVID-19 OFFER
Who are we and where do we come from? Our workshop leaders are trained bush-craft experts, and have a detailed understanding of ancient technology and how is still used by some societies around the world today...

FSC Bishops Wood
Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, Science, Biology, History, Prehistory, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Wildlife, Bushcraft
Discover first-hand what it was like to hunt and gather with our activities. Learn the practical skills of the time such as making hurdles and fishing nets. We will look at different types of rocks, tools of the period, how important fire and charcoal were and how fires were lit. Learn the practical

Stone Age Day
Citizenship, History, PSHE, Prehistory, Celts, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Step back into Ancient Britain at Celtic Harmony Camp, the UK’s largest reconstructed Iron Age settlement near Hertford. With a host of themed Prehistory educational visits from Stone Age to Iron Age, your class will be immersed in ancient Britain.

Prehistory Online Learning Workshops
History, Prehistory, Celts, Bushcraft
COVID-19 OFFER
Celtic Harmony offers a range of experience for pupils to experience life in ancient Britain including a range of themed day trips (from Stone Age to Boudicca Warriors), 1 to 2 night residential trips (Prehistory Explorer, Adventurer and Go Tribal) and Remote Learning Workshops (30 min Stone, Bronze

Stone Age to Iron Age - Online Workshop
History, Prehistory, Performing Arts
During the online activities, our drama facilitator will guide your class through exploration of if the topic. Our videos are pre-recorded, so teachers are fully in charge. Our on-screen Facilitators will not, therefore, see pupils taking part in the workshops. Online workshops come with a Teachers'

Prehistory Explorer
Citizenship, History, Prehistory, Celts, PSHE, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Step back into Ancient Britain at Celtic Harmony Camp, the UK’s largest reconstructed Iron Age settlement near Hertford. With a host of themed Prehistory educational visits from Stone Age to Iron Age, your class will be immersed in ancient Britain.

Immersive Experiences
Science, History, SEN, Prehistory, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Medieval, Tudors, Elizabethans, Industrial, Victorian, worldwar, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Geography, SEN
Immersive Experiences is the UK's leading multi-diciplinary mobile planetariums and sensory learning experiences company. Over 15 subjects | National Curriculum & Common Entrance 13 level | Over 160 programs to suit all ages | SEN/SLD/PMLD

Naturesbase
Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Fieldstudies, Science, Biology, History, Prehistory, Celts, Romans, Saxons, worldwar, Physical Education, Art, PSHE, Farm, Wildlife, Bushcraft, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
We offer outstanding outdoor experiences taught through challenge, creativity & enquiry. Primary & Secondary groups enjoy high quality activities & fieldwork, sole use of our inspiring setting, beautiful accommodation & an experienced staff team.

The Iron Age Experience
History, Prehistory, SEN
Visit our replica Iron Age round house & archaeological dig to learn more about the culture, art and farming from the Iron Age. Pupils will be fully immersed in the era & experience hands on activities and journeys into the ancient hillfort landscape

Stone to Iron Ages!
History, Prehistory, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Our Prehistoric sessions are characterised by being primarily hands-on. The learning from this period of history tends to lend itself to very practical, hands-on, everyday skills and knowledge combined with generic life skills such as teamwork, sharing and peer learning that will give students valu

Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park
Geography, Fieldstudies, Science, Biology, History, Prehistory, Saxons, Vikings, PSHE
Our prehistory programmes 'Stone Age Settlers', 'Iron Age Inhibitors' and 'Bronze Age Builders', take place outdoors in our forest school site and explore what life may have been like through hands on activities. Students will prepare the camp fire, try building with wattle and daub and prepare food

Stone Age School Trip
History, SEN, Prehistory, Medieval
Back in time, learn about Stone Age man, Try lighting a fire if you think you can, Building your own shelter..in LOPC wood, Fire-pit charcoal, draw caveman good. Test your skill with an Archers sight. Go home with knowledge from our StoneAge s

Archeology of the Ages
English, Maths, Archaeology, History, Prehistory, PSHE
Archeologist Ruth Pebble has been told her prehistoric excavation is to be shut down immediately but Ruth is sure there's more to be found! Work your way back through Britain’s Iron, Bronze and Stone Ages to find out what lies beneath the surface!

Historical Experiences
History, Prehistory, Greeks, Romans, Saxons, Medieval, SEN
Stone Age Man – The Blueprint for Society (KS1-3) Session 1 - Monumental Achievements: Students examine the period of Henge building and some of the reasons our ancestors built them. They then design their own monument and use prehistoric techniques to build their very own ‘Stonehenge’ in

Iron Age Farming Experience
Citizenship, History, PSHE, Farm, SEN, Prehistory
COVID-19 OFFER
Step back into Ancient Britain at Celtic Harmony Camp, the UK’s largest reconstructed Iron Age settlement near Hertford. With a host of themed Prehistory educational visits from Stone Age to Iron Age, your class will be immersed in ancient Britain.

Ufton Court
Science, History, Prehistory, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Medieval, Tudors, Elizabethans, worldwar, Bushcraft, SEN
At Ufton, we provide engaging history and outdoor learning school trips for Schools across the South East.

Stone Age
History, Prehistory, Performing Arts
Any idea what life would have been like in the Stone Age? It’s nothing like life today! One Day Creative uses drama, imagination and storytelling to explore life in the stone age.

Dan Tastic History
History, Prehistory, Greeks, Ancient Civilisations, Egyptians, Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Medieval, Tudors, Victorian
Dan Tastic Education brings History to life with incredible Wow Days! Your pupils will be inspired & engaged by an array of props, videos & student interaction with one of our fun & entertaining Dan Tastic Workshop Facilitators!

Dinosaur visit
History, Prehistory
Our realistic T-Rex, Sophie, would love to meet your children! Sophie brings the wow factor to learning about prehistoric life. She is a 6ft animatronic costume with a realistic roar! Make your children's day with this awe-inspiring experience.

The Super Stone Age
History, Prehistory, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Our Fantastic Stone Age Workshop will give this subject the Wow factor and get your kids scrabbling for the books & Internet.
We even make life easier for you, we will come to you and set up our fun packed filled Workshop in your hall.
This non-stop inspiring workshop has it all.
Meet a

Boudicca's Warriors
History, Prehistory, Celts, PSHE, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Step back into Ancient Britain at Celtic Harmony Camp, the UK’s largest reconstructed Iron Age settlement near Hertford. With a host of themed Prehistory educational visits from Stone Age to Iron Age, your class will be immersed in ancient Britain.

Stone Age to Iron Age Workshop & Wow Day
History, Prehistory
Dan Tastic Education uses a wide array of props, historical items, videos, group discussion and teacher in role style student participation to cover the following topics during a Stone Age to Bronze Age Wow Day: Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age Armour Weapons Stonehenge Megafauna The End of D

Tutankhamun’s Curse
English, Maths, History, Prehistory, Greeks, Egyptians, worldwar, Twentieth Century, Computing, Performing Arts, PSHE
YoYoJoy offers The Archeology of The Ages, an escape room designed for prehistory topics. It covers The Iron Age, Bronze Age, and Stone Age. Dr Pebble is an archaeologist who needs the help of the children to save her dig! They need to work together to find clues and crack codes that will help prove

Conway Centres Burwardsley
Geography, Fieldstudies, History, Prehistory, Physical Education, SEN
Located in the picturesque village of Burwardsley our centre offers opportunities unique to it's location. The surrounding countryside provides further possibilities for historical and environmental studies.

Sayers Croft
History, Physical Education, Wildlife, Prehistory, Romans, Saxons, SEN
Sayers Croft is nestled at the foot of the Surrey Hills and provides outdoor experiences for 27,000 visitors each year for all ages and abilities through our bespoke residential and day visits, Duke of Edinburgh programme and family run events.


History Workshops
History, Prehistory, Greeks, Ancient Civilisations, Egyptians, Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Tudors, Industrial, Victorian, worldwar, Twentieth Century, Significant Individuals, Beyond Living Memory, Performing Arts, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
The Drama Hut brings on-site and online workshops directly to your school, covering a wide range of curricular topics. Through drama, improvisation and role play let us create a unique learning experience for your school.

Prehistory Residential Trips
History, Prehistory, Celts, PSHE, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Immerse your pupils in Prehistory as you journey from Neolithic Hunter Gatherers to Iron Age Warriors and experience the thrill of sleeping in roundhouses at Celtic Harmony Camp, the UK’s largest reconstructed Iron Age settlement.

Dinosaurs, Rocks and Fossils
History, Prehistory
COVID-19 OFFER
This exciting and action-packed workshop will bring out the hidden palaeontologist in your pupils, giving them a chance to get hands-on with a vast collection of scale model dinosaurs and real fossils.

The Great Story Adventure
English, Prehistory, PSHE
COVID-19 OFFER
On our Facebook page you will find our *free Heritage Live Stream* - Mysterious Megaliths: storytelling, silliness and lots of fun facts about the Calder Stones which sit within our beautiful park setting, and which we cannot wait to welcome families and children back to once the world is open again

Stone Age/Bronze Age/Iron Age
History, Prehistory, SEN
So much fun they won't realise they're learning! Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age interactive workshops to inspire, engage and educate! Costumed experts bring the prehistoric world to life with artefacts and activities right in your classroom.

Outreach
History, Prehistory
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority's Youth and Schools Service provides a range of outdoor learning opportunities for all key stages within Lee Valley Regional Park.

Prehistory Experience
Citizenship, History, Prehistory, Celts, PSHE, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Step back into Ancient Britain at Celtic Harmony Camp, the UK’s largest reconstructed Iron Age settlement near Hertford. With a host of themed Prehistory educational visits from Stone Age to Iron Age, your class will be immersed in ancient Britain.


Stone Age Workshops
History, Prehistory, Bushcraft, SEN
Our Stone Age programme is a great way to introduce the Stone Age topic. We offer a unique interactive 'show and tell' to really bring the subject alive and pass around the tools and clothes of the past. Touch, taste and smell the Stone Age.

Life Long Ago
Archaeology, Science, Biology, History, Prehistory
Take your children back millions of years to discover the wonder of the dinosaurs with a fossil dig workshop.

Stone Age VR Workshop
English, History, Prehistory, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
PrimeVR can bring your history topic to life by transporting your pupils back in time to the Stone Age! Using virtual reality headsets, we'll take your class to see some typical Stone Age houses and we'll show them how Stonehenge might have been built and what it might have been used for.
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Day Visits
Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Geography, Science, Biology, History, Prehistory, Victorian, Design Technology, Physical Education, Art, Farm, Wildlife, SEN
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority's Youth and Schools Service provide a range of outdoor learning opportunities for all the key stages within Lee Valley Regional Park.

Life in the Stone Age
Science, Physics, History, Prehistory, Art, PSHE, Bushcraft
Join us for a day in the outdoors and use experiential learning to explore and understand life in the Stone Age! Work together to build shelters, learn how to make fires, and create authentic Stone Age art to take back to school.

The Island Classroom
English, Maths, Geography, Human Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, Archaeology, Geology, Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Prehistory, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Medieval, Tudors, Industrial, Victorian, worldwar, Business, Physical Education, Art, Farm,
COVID-19 OFFER
Do you like the idea of teaching your curriculum while your students minds are wide open? When better for them to learn than during the fun of your school trip? We are the Island Classroom, where you can combine fun with education in a unique way.

North Wales Bushcraft Residential
Citizenship, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, Archaeology, Science, Biology, History, Prehistory, Physical Education, PSHE, Wildlife, Bushcraft
COVID-19 OFFER
Small family-run company crafting unique outdoor adventures because we understand that no two groups are the same. Work with us to build your experience exactly to the needs of your pupils.

Manorbier
Citizenship, Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, History, Prehistory, Greeks, Medieval, Physical Education, Wildlife, Bushcraft, Watersports, SEN
Manorbier in Pembrokeshire is set on beautiful cliff tops overlooking the Irish Sea. It is a really fantastic location reached by a private road from the nearby village. This is a perfect location for your school activity trip to Pembrokeshire

Geography Galore – Southampton Docks and Solent
English, Maths, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, Geology, Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Prehistory, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Medieval, Tudors, Industrial, Victorian, worldwar, Twentieth Century, Business, Art
COVID-19 OFFER
A day trip to the stunning Isle of Wight is only a short ferry crossing away!
With only a small stretch of water between you and the island, the Isle of Wight offers a truly unique experience and can be reached in as little as 12 minutes!


Stonehenge
English, Geography, Human Geography, History, Prehistory, Tudors, worldwar
What better place to learn about prehistory than Stonehenge? Visit this World Heritage Site to bring your teaching to life, and download the Teachers’ Kit from the English Heritage website for information and activities to use before, during and after your trip. To enhance your learning, book an

Shropshire Bushcraft Residential
Citizenship, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, Science, Biology, History, Prehistory, Physical Education, PSHE, Farm, Wildlife, Bushcraft
COVID-19 OFFER
Small family-run company crafting unique outdoor adventures because we understand that no two groups are the same. Work with us to build your experience exactly to the needs of your pupils.

The Stone Age Time Travel Escape Rooms
English, Maths, History, Prehistory, Physical Education, Art, PSHE
During your Leaning Experience your children will also take part in mini break-away workshops throughout the day to keep the fun going and your children fully engaged Every Learning Experience includes Post event Lesson Plans to continue the positive momentum created during your booking

Prehistoric Britain
History, Prehistory, SEN
COVID-19 OFFER
Using interactive and hands-on outdoor activities, costumes and reconstructed artefacts, we provide a unique educational experience of Prehistoric Britain which will inspire both pupils and teachers!

Pro-Active Adventure Conwy
Citizenship, Geography, Human Geography, Environmental Geography, Fieldstudies, Geology, History, Prehistory, Celts, Medieval, Physical Education, Wildlife, Bushcraft, Watersports, SEN
Conwy on the North Wales coast is set in the historic medieval walled town. The castle its self overlooks the important crossing for the Conwy river. It is a really fantastic location just on the edge of town, but within easy walking distance of town

Mount Cook
Environmental Geography, Physics, History, Prehistory, Romans, Vikings, Wildlife, Bushcraft, SEN, Accommodation Only
COVID-19 OFFER
Experience life as a Prehistoric Tribesman and learn how to make a fire using traditional methods. Protect yourself from the elements and build a waterproof shelter using natural materials. Have a go at cave-painting and learn how a tribesman hunted for food using a bow and arrow! Finally, help to b


Scarborough Castle
Geography, Human Geography, History, Prehistory, Romans, Medieval, SEN
Bring the curriculum to life and inspire your students with a visit to Scarborough Castle. Dominating Scarborough's headland, the history of this site spans some 3000 years from the Stone Age all the way through to medieval Britain.


Beeston Castle and Woodland Park
Science, Biology, History, Prehistory, Medieval
Beeston Castle with its impressive location and natural defences has been home to prehistoric settlers, great barons, it's acted as a defence against aristocratic rivals and it's even been an important English Civil War stronghold.

Leeds Castle
English, Science, History, Prehistory, Saxons, Medieval, Tudors, Monarchs, Victorian, Performing Arts, Art, SEN
Leeds Castle offers the 'From Cave to Castle (KS2)' themed workshop. Using costume and drama it is an interactive look at how people lived and humans developed from the Hunter Gatherer period, through the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, on to the Roman and Anglo Saxon eras.
Choose Your UK Region
The trips above are just a sample of the prehistory trips & workshops we have available for schools. Click your region below to view our full range..










Ask most children about British History and the first people they can tell you about in any detail are the Romans. The National Curriculum is now taking aim at this knowledge gap by encouraging teachers to focus on the people who lived here before the Roman invasion. While the nature of politics inevitably leads to fairly regular changes to what teachers are required to teach, some changes are bigger than others, and for primary school teachers, this is quite a shake up to the teaching of history.
Stone Age School Trips
A great way to help your class to understand the various aspects of prehistory is to take advantage of the venues and outreach programmes available. Children develop a better understanding of a subject if they can see and touch it. To aid this, museums can offer helpful visual stories alongside examples of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic stone tools of the early hunter gatherers who made the UK, as it was, their home.
Bronze Age School Visits
By around 2,500 BC inhabitants were moving into what we call the Bronze Age. This was a time where tools started to be made out of metals rather than stone and when our famous monuments such as Stonehenge were constructed, along with barrows and cairns. While day to day life is difficult to study, schools can look at migration patterns and trade.
Iron Age for Schools
The Iron Age began around 800 BC and lasted until the Roman Conquest. The use of iron in tools and weapons is the main distinguishing feather of this time period, which also saw the spread of Celtic languages and increased interaction with continental Europe.