This term we have been learning all about The Vikings. The main questions that we focused on were:

Who were the Vikings and where did they come from?

How are our lives different from Viking life?

How are the Vikings remembered?

We worked together to make a map of the Viking Homelands and Viking Settlements. We have enjoyed researching Viking facts about long ships as well as what food and drink they had. We made shields, torches and helmets. We also learnt lots about what clothes they wore and enjoyed looking at the clothes that were worn by the Up-Helly- Aa Squads.

 

 

 

We made our own Viking Longships and think they look brilliant!

   

Pupil comments about project work:

I liked learning where the Vikings came from.

It was fun making the galley.

It was interesting learning what food they had that was different to us.

I enjoyed writing facts about Vikings.

It was interesting learning that the Vikings had different jobs.

It was fun learning what the Vikings ate.

  

We were very lucky to get to go on a trip to watch the Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa Jarl Squad march into the town on Up-Helly-Aa day.

It was great to get a close up look at the Up-Helly-Aa suits and weapons.

          

It was exciting to have visits from the Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa Jarl Squad, the Junior Squad, the Bressay Up-Helly-Aa Squad and the South Mainland Up-Helly-Aa Squad. It was interesting to look at all their different weapons and suits.

                                            

We ended our work on Vikings with our very own P3 Up-Helly-Aa, which everyone really enjoyed. The pupils worked well together to make suits, torches and a very impressive galley. They learnt songs and took part in a procession in the gym hall.