It is a simple tale. Mum leaves town, and when the kids wake up, there is no milk in the house, so Dad goes to get the milk, and he doesn’t come back for a rather long time (long time in kid terms— in adult terms, maybe an hour). When he returns, the bored children ask what took him so long. So, Dad explains…and that is the story.

And to the delight of Year 3 they are enraptured in the most comical and farcical tale! Last term, Year 3 completed some detailed sketches of Bell Beaker pottery.

Over the past two weeks the children have been learning to mould and make clay malleable. They have made pots and etched detailed patterns. For a first time attempt they have done terrifically and their pots look similar to those in the Neolithic period.