Location – DERBY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Duration: 120 mins

Booking and Prices: £6.50 + VAT per pupil. This session allows 25 pupils (minimum) to 35 pupils (maximum). 

Key Stage: Key Stage 2

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Session Description: The session begins with an exploration of the Viking settlement of Britain and the conflicts with the Anglo-Saxons, with particular reference to Derby. Pupils will examine a replica Viking burial, complete a ‘Skeleton Recording Sheet’ and learn how to use objects to find out information about a person’s life and status. Children will write a postcard using Viking runes for their classmates to decipher. Within the session, students will also make a Hammer of Thor pendant!

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National Curriculum Links Include:

• History – Aims to ensure that all pupils: “Know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day…pupils should be taught about…the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor (including) Viking raids and invasion”.