Vikings

History (KS2)

Thorgil the Viking

Subject: History

Age Group: KS2

Region: London/Greater London

Grab your sword and join us on a hammer-hurling historical voyage in this KS2 Viking workshop!

Meet a real-life Viking (we promise Vikings really did exist, but this one is just our facilitator in role) and travel from Denmark to England on a ship (queue lots of heave-hoeing!), before retelling the gripping story of ‘Thor’s Hammer.’

There is a high yuck-factor with this drama workshop. From smearing walls with animal dung, to Viking crimes and punishments, the ‘Bloodspillar’ sword, and then rune fortune-telling, your pupils will delight in and be totally grossed out by the Vikings.

Travel to our baer using your lodestone and stay in a longhouse made with wattle and daub. And don’t get caught in a holmgang on the way!

What do you mean you don’t speak Old Norse?

Come and learn the meaning of these words and more in our KS2 Viking workshop!

Child in KS2 Viking workshop

Why choose Freshwater?

Our sessions:

  • Are highly interactive, offering hands-on learning, which allow all your pupils to access the topic.
  • Add depth and richness to the curriculum and stimulate further learning.
  • Use carefully chosen drama techniques, so that children feel a personal involvement in the topic which helps to embed subject knowledge.
  • Allow the teacher an opportunity to observe pupils’ progress from a different perspective.
  • Are led by experienced drama facilitators who immerse the children in an imaginative world, helping to make learning fun!

If you’re looking for something different, click here to explore our range of workshops.

Or try our KS2 Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons workshop. 

The children were fully engaged throughout the whole session. The facilitator had excellent behaviour management so all children enjoyed the workshop.

Lucy Kelsall, Hillcross Primary School, Morden

Details
  • Length of session: 60 minutes

  • Price: One session costs £142 + VAT

  • Number of Children: up to 30

  • Extra children are negotiable

  • All facilitators are DBS checked

Key Areas
  • Journey and settlement

  • Viking communities - family, work and homelife

  • The 'thing' - court of law meeting

  • Fortune telling with runes

  • The Theft of Thor's Hammer