Cave Painting (or drawing on the white chalk with a blackboard)

During our Unit of Inquiry on Materials, we started reading the book, 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King. Stig is a caveman who lives at the bottom of an old quarry close to Barney's grandmother's house. Barney finds Stig one day when he falls through the roof of Stig's den. They become friends, even though they cannot talk to each other.

Since the quarry is no longer in use, people throw all their rubbish away down there; Stig is good at finding new ways in which to use old things.

On the same day that they cut down an enormous tree (getting warm once in the process) and then use it to start a fire (getting warm for the second time) Stig picks up a piece of charred wood and uses it to draw an amazing hunting scene on the chalk wall of the den.

Then we had a go at using charcoal and chalks to make our own hunting scene. We dusted the paper with charcoal powder and smudged it to give it a greyish background. Then we used charcoal and chalk to make our scene.



"I like yours because of the man and the birds," said Azri

What is it like?

My enormous pencil
This is a pencil and it is made of wood. The top part is made of metal.



What is it like?
It is not iron and it is not steel because it is not magnetic.

A piece of chalk
This is a piece of chalk. I brought it because we are reading a book about a chalk pit, called 'Stig of the Dump'.



What is it like?
Chalk comes from a rock. You can write with it.