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Year 5 Archaeological Dig

On Wednesday, year 5 went to The Big Dig 3.0 in Rochdale town centre. They worked with   archaeologists Dr Colin Elder and Jordan Perris to uncover artefacts. They had to use tools and got extremely dirty! After 2 hours of digging, the children collected many artefacts such as pottery, glass cylinders and parts of a slate roof from over 150 years ago.

 

They were the only primary school in Rochdale to participate so were very lucky to have this chance! All of the artefacts will be cleaned up and anything worthwhile/historical will be placed in Rochdale Town Hall museum for the public to view. The children were on BBC News, Radio 1 Manchester and will also be in Manchester Evening News next week. Keep your eyes peeled for any other historical artefacts the archaeologists find in their own projects over the next coming weeks. 

 

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