YEAR 6 children at Moretonhampstead Primary School, pictured above, celebrated the end of their SATs with a trip to Lyme Regis to learn more about the Jurassic Coast and go hunting for fossils.

The youngsters, whose topic for this half term has been investigating evolution, joined the Year 5 children, who had been investigating rivers and coasts, on a journey of discovery at one of the most prolific geological sites in the UK.

They started the day with a talk from one of the museum staff, who guided them through the process of how fossils are formed and how, today, we can use fossils to find out about animals that lived millions of years ago, as well as explaining why the combination of sedimentary rocks and coastal erosion at Lyme makes it an ideal place to investigate evolution.

After that they headed to the beach to find evidence of their own. Despite the weather, they had an amazing time as geologists/geographers and came back rich in new knowledge and proud possessors of fossils.

Year 6 teacher, Dave Poulsom, said: ‘Of all the trips I have been on, never have I come across someone as passionate about their subject as Chris from the Lyme Regis museum.

‘From the start of his talk he engaged and enthused all of us, until we couldn’t wait to get to the beach and start looking for our very own discoveries, confident in the knowledge that we would be able to explain what it meant in terms of history and evolution.

‘It was an amazing trip and well earnt by our hard working Year 6 pupils.’