Come and experience life in Anglo-Saxon Britain! Dress up in our simple tunics and step back in time as you take part in a variety of exciting activities such as:
- Grinding grain into flour using replica Quern stones.
- Decoding our runes to win some treasure.
- Navigating our orienteering quiz course to test your Anglo-Saxon knowledge.
- Getting crafty Saxon-style as we weave willow plates to take home.
- Following our ‘footprints of the past’ trail to discover more about the wild animals that lived in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Plus (time allowing) play some Anglo-Saxon themed games.
National Curriculum Links:
- KS2 History: Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons [and Scots]: Examples (non Statutory): Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life; Anglo-Saxon art and culture;
- KS2 Geography: Geographical skills and fieldwork(orienteering course)
- KS2 Design and Technology: select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities (weaving willow plates)
- KS2 Physical Education: take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
