Viking Invader workshops
The basics:
Location: In school
Keystage: KS2
Duration: Half-day session per class
Cost: £160 half-day or £255 whole-day (one class am, one class pm)
"The morning
we spent on the Vikings was simply excellent. The children learned
more in a few hours than I could have got through in a half term,
to be honest. We have got displays, written work and drama out of
it too. Brilliant!"
- Mrs Rowe, Tyneside
"Superb
session on the Vikings! The children were fully engaged and
couldn't stop asking questions, which Richard answered with
enthusiasm and humour. So good to be hands-on, especially with
my class!" - Christine, Gateshead
The Vikings are coming!
That History Bloke presents a new activity, all about the most bloodthirsty, violent, paganistic thugs that ever landed on the shores of North-East England. Or so we've been led to believe by the Anglo Saxon monks they pillaged...
We begin with Viking greetings and an
interactive saga - your children will be enthralled (a
'thrall' was a Viking slave!) by the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, a
Viking King, and how he saved the fair maiden Thora from the
Lingworm.
Afterwards, we use costume to find out how important Jarls were dressed - their materials, colours and designs, and what each said about your status in Viking society.
Before you know it, you will be looking at
replica Viking weapons, armour and shields - the best way to find
out about the raiders!
After a handling session, we will move onto Viking communication by carving runes into real beeswax tablets. Why were the Futhark letters all in straight lines?
Learn how Vikings buried their dead, and what
death artefacts tell us about the person they were buried with -
can you tell the fisherman from the housewife?
Other activities will fill the session - Viking games of Tafl, knucklebones or dice; perhaps the 'Game of Afterlife', which will test your class' knowledge of the Gods and warriors to decide if they will reach Asgard (or be pulled down into Niflheim...)
Simply contact me (press the orange button!) to make a booking or make further enquiries...
