Vikings in 2nd and 3rd Class

During the month of September, 2nd and 3rd class learned about the Vikings. We explored different elements about the life of the Vikings. We learned about their clothing, armour, transport and much more.

Did you know that the Vikings used different natural items to dye their clothes? We explored the different things that we have in the school grounds that could be used to dye our Viking clothing.

We put ourselves in the mindset of a new Viking chief who had just put on all of their armour for the first time. We wrote diary entries focusing on how the different elements would have felt. Some of our chiefs were lucky and had soft woollen linings to soften the pain from the cold, sharp chainmail.

We did lots of art base on the Vikings too. We drew our own longship pictures and also designed the dragon heads that could be mounted to the stem of our longships. Finally, we designed our own Viking inspired shields that could be used to protect ourselves during raids.

We finished our exploration of the Vikings by carrying out a Viking inspired raid around the school grounds. We rowed our longship around the school grounds before disembarking and raiding the different villages to find what treasures they held. We had a lot of fun.