Viking Settler
Suitable for: Key Stages 1 and 2
Duration: 3 Hours
Meet Holmvi and learn about everyday life for Vikings in England.
Life wasn't all raiding. Experience life as a Viking child by preparing food, weaving cloth, playing games and treating wounds.
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Activities Include:
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Interactive introduction to Viking life.
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Choosing a Viking name.
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Grinding corn on a quern stone.
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Writing and solving runic messages.
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Spinning and weaving wool.
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Learning how to play hneftafl.
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Making a clay pot to take home.
Optional
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Taking part in an Viking court.
Or
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Trying out real Viking first aid.
National Curriculum Links:
History
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Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally.
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Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor.
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Viking raids and invasion.
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Science: Everyday Materials
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Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made.
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Identify and name a variety of everyday materials and describe the physical properties of everyday materials.
Art and Design:
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Improve mastery of art and design techniques with a range of materials.

Viking Settler Feedback
The best part of the workshop was playing the games and seeing all the children, including boys, enthusiatically and proudly weaving.
- Cam Hopton Primary School.