In our first session of 2026 we learnt about Upper Palaeolithic Cave Art in Europe.\u00a0 We started out with a PowerPoint presentation about where cave art was found, what kinds of things were painted, and discussed why people might have painted them.\u00a0 We also looked at how the paints were made out of minerals and organic materials and how we could use this to date the art.\u00a0 We finished with a quick look at prehistoric cave art from other parts of the world.<\/p>\n
After a short break we then designed and painted some cave art of our own!\u00a0 Each of our MAYANS were given a flat pebble to paint.\u00a0 We had lots of pictures of cave art from all sorts of different site to inspire them.\u00a0 The designs they came up with were fantastic, very varied and colourful.\u00a0 The pebbles were dry by the end of the session so they could take them home with them.<\/p>\n
We also had a virtual walk through tour around the cave at Lascaux in France which is one of the most famous cave art sites in the world.\u00a0 Throughout the session the MAYANS took it in turns exploring this amazing site on the computer.<\/p>\n
Finally our MAYANS also decorated a long freeze with cave art, a combined effort which produced an amazingly colourful result!\u00a0 The most popular image was definitely the hand print which is a common motive in prehistoric cave art, and we ended up with some amazingly colourful hands as well!\u00a0 A really messy but really fun session!<\/p>\n\n\t\t