I have been joined this morning by Joe and Cari from Year 5 to tell you all about their visit yesterday from the Vikings!
We sat down at the beginning and they gave us lots of information about Viking life. Did you know if you pulled someone’s hat forwards you would get a penalty. If you pulled their hat backwards you would be banished. If you pulled their hat off backwards with a strap you would be executed for attempted murder.
We got to touch and hold a selection of Viking items such as axes (which we could swing – some of them were very heavy!), swords, spears and big shields that you could hide behind. We also tried to blow the Viking horn. Did you know that carrots in Viking times were multi-coloured.
We also had the chance to put on the armour and then try to charge up and down the field wearing the chain mail and the helmet while holding the shield.
This Raven, Moonin, has some very famous parents – they have been in the Harry Potter films. He will be on TV himself soon on the One Show! Lords would use ravens like this for navigation (like an old sat nav!) to find new lands – Greenland was found by a raven.
We saw some fantastic battles during the day – including the ‘Circle of Honour’. This is where four battle in a series of different tournaments. Lord Ethelwolf won and everyone cheered.
It was an AWESOME day! We learnt a lot – it was like a lesson…but fun!
It was cool
Comment by Ben Crocker — November 1, 2011 @ 8:23 pm
It was awesome
Comment by Aidan — November 2, 2011 @ 6:22 pm