--- title: "How long?! A timeline of prehistoric Britain" url: "https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2025-01-08-15-58-00-how-long-a-timeline-of-prehistoric-britain" school: "Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School" --- [Start your school journey with us! Book a visit for September 2027 school starters](https://www.scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/parents/admissions) # How long?! A timeline of prehistoric Britain ![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/blog/IMG_5780.jpeg) 8 January 2025 [Mrs Redmayne](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/author/jredmayne) [Class of 2021](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-of-2021) Our history topic this half-term is about the changes between the Stone Age and the Iron Age in Britain. Today we found out how vast the prehistoric period was, using a toilet roll!! Each sheet represented 5,000 years and we needed to open the whole toilet roll to show how far back the beginning of the Stone Age was. We were amazed! [Year 3](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-3) [History](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/history) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_0494.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2025-01-07-15-30-00-making-animations) Previous ### [Making animations](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2025-01-07-15-30-00-making-animations) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_3983(1).jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2025-01-09-14-14-00-learning-about-electricity) Next ### [Learning about Electricity](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2025-01-09-14-14-00-learning-about-electricity) - ![Healthy Schools](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/healthyschoolslogo(3)_(1).jpeg) - ![Ofsted](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Ofsted_Good_GP_Colour(1).jpeg) - ![Vines](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Outlook-gg5hcrqw_(2)_(1).png) - ![QM](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Quality_Mark_5_March_2015(2)_(1).jpeg) - ![Blackbrun Diocese](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Blackburn_Diocese_(1)_(1).jpeg) - ![School Gold Award](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/SG-L1-3-gold-2022-23(4).jpeg) ##### Location Scotforth Rd Lancaster LA1 4SE ##### Contact Us 01524 65379 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Scotforth.St.Pauls) - [Office staff (Mrs Malin and Mrs Pearce)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/contact) © Copyright 2017–2026 Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)