A Viking Encounter At Tatton Park.
Year 2 Visited Tatton park this week and got caught up in a squabble between two Vikings, Harold Blood-Axe and Edgar and Tata, a Saxon. Fortunately they put their arguments to one side so they could teach the children about everyday aspects of Saxon/Viking life.
Below are some photographs of the activities the children did with two captions. One caption is correct and one is not, but which one is which?
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The cuts to Education spending were beginning to take effect as the children struggled to master the art of writing with a quill pen.
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The children decorated their clay thumb pots and charms in a traditional manner.
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Harold demonstrated how to use a scythe to cut the wheat.
Or B
The teachers were particularly pleased to see the new methods of discipline introduced by the government. All naughty children would have their legs sliced off!
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Joe was not very impressed with the latest Heathfield school uniform.
Or B
Joe tried on a chain mail shirt, similar to the ones worn by the Vikings.
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Nauman had not realised that school meals were so cheap because he had to make them himself.
Or B
Nauman winnowed the wheat by tossing it into the air and catching it in the basket.
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Even vicious Vikings get homesick sometimes.
Or B
Mckenzie tried on a helmet and shield for size.
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Harold offered Lucy some deer droppings. Rubbing it on her hands would enable her to hunt deer successfully as they would not be able to smell her.
Or B
Deer Poo! The latest fragrance from Calvin Klein.
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Kai wondered if he should be worried about the horn growing out of his head.
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Kai tried to imagine what Vikings used the horns of an ox for.
I hope you got all the captions correct. What a great day!
July 18th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
My favorite is when we whent in the barn making flower.
July 19th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Wow!!! What a fantastic day you had. I’m sure that you learned an awful lot too. Well done Year 2
July 22nd, 2010 at 2:55 pm
It was so funny when harlad and Mckenzie had a battale with earch other.
July 26th, 2010 at 9:36 am
It was good when habibah was pretending to be a deer.
July 26th, 2010 at 9:51 am
It was disgusting when Harold blood axe got his cnife and put deer poo on it.
July 26th, 2010 at 9:58 am
my mum and dad said the trip to tatton park looks fantastic.
July 29th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Evry one had a grate time at tatton park and i loved going into the barn
,and theres was three ciking.And i loved evry bit of it and it was fun.
August 15th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Miss farr I really enjoy going to tatton park so I m going to say thank you very much for takeing us to tatton park. Amyxxx
August 23rd, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Greetings from Tatton Park.
What a marvellous group of travellers you were, Edgar, Tatta ( the old Anglo Saxon) and myself -Harold Blood Axe were very impressed with your skills and quickly you learnt everything.
I am not sure if I am going to over-winter here or go home to the land of the ffiords and snow capped mountains but if you, or any of your friends, want to come and join us in our next adventure, you will be more than welcome.
Harold Blood Axe