{"id":13865,"date":"2026-09-10T13:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/?p=13865"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:52:03","slug":"viking-builders-architects-and-engineers-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2026\/09\/10\/viking-builders-architects-and-engineers-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking builders: Architects and Engineers of the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13862\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/?attachment_id=13862\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/09\/09222712\/IMG_9779.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,552\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9779\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/09\/09222712\/IMG_9779-300x138.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/09\/09222712\/IMG_9779-1024x471.png\" class=\" wp-image-13862 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/09\/09222712\/IMG_9779-300x138.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1104\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/09\/09222712\/IMG_9779-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/09\/09222712\/IMG_9779-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/09\/09222712\/IMG_9779-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/09\/09222712\/IMG_9779.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1104px) 100vw, 1104px\" \/><br \/>\nOur Primary 3 learners used their Explore and Extend opportunities to bring their Viking topic to life. They designed and built a longboat for travelling and a table for feasting in their longhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the challenge, the children developed their creativity, teamwork and problem-solving skills. One learner even used digital technology to record evidence of their learning.<\/p>\n<p>Our architects and engineers of the future! DYW <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/developing-the-young-workforce\/\">Developing the Young Workforce |<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2022\/11\/25161104\/1D9F69C1-2FF3-4236-AB55-95DF4092C89F.png\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Primary 3 learners used their Explore and Extend opportunities to bring their Viking topic to life. They designed and built a longboat for travelling and a table for feasting in their longhouse. Throughout the challenge, the children developed their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2026\/09\/10\/viking-builders-architects-and-engineers-of-the-future\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13865"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13880,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13865\/revisions\/13880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}