This week we reintroduced ourselves and then went into speaking about what we think the villagers will take with them when leaving. We discussed the different reasons on why they didn’t stay and what possible issues they could face. We began with asking the children if they had their passports as they are flying out to the farm where the stone tablets were found and then, asked what items they will bring with them.
We returned into our teams and looked at what items they may need to begin the dig at the farm that they are going to complete. They met with the farmer and asked questions about the stone tablet, how long they could have and what the plan was.
We gave them a map of the land before the flood and thought of the different possible routes the villagers could have taken to get to the farm, how long it would take, what they need, how did they get there etc. We then began the drama of digging and cleaning of the stone, identifying what was on there and what it could possibly mean.
The difficulty with the children this week was they were getting excited over the drama of the digging so it was hard to get them all to focus in on what they were doing. They also had a lot of disagreements between one another on what they found and so I tried to include everything they spoke about into one piece.
Caitlin Freestone-Deeming 