Viking Invader workshops

"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

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...