Minoan Civilisation

 As part of our Groundbreaking Greeks topic, Giraffes have been learning about the Minoan Civilisation. Amongst other things, we learnt that:

• the Minoans were peaceful farmers, fishermen and traders. 
• over time, they developed a written language, became skilled artists and craftsmen and built stone palaces. 
• it is believed that changes due to natural disasters weakened the Minoan civilisation and made it vulnerable to invasion.

The children learnt about Minoan Frescoes and had a go at designing their own. Their design brief was to represent what they had learnt about the Minoans so that their Fresco could also serve as a memory-jogger.