On Wednesday 26th June, Year 5/6 from East Hoathly joined Lilac Class for a Hands on History Viking Day.
Riley and Beau have kindly shared their experience of the event:
“St Mary’s and East Hoathly joined together to meet two helpers who were teaching them about the Vikings. In groups the children learnt about different equipment the Vikings used and later in the day we had to remember the names when we went around the hall labelling the equipment in a Viking language!
We learnt that the Vikings (which means pirate) invaded Britain for the farmland and they were quite gruesome.
We had chance to act out a Viking battle on the playground using shields and swords!
My favourite bit of the whole day was going out onto the field to watch the arrows being shot.
Today was really fun and special, especially when they dressed us up in Viking clothes.”
Well done Lilac Class for hosting your peers from East Hoathly.
