Our Viking Museum

Following Sandra's visit and our trip to Kirkwall we have managed to make our own Viking Museum.  We looked at all the artefacts, compared them to modern day objects and then wrote a piece of information about each item. We worked really well in our groups in order to do this.  We then invited other classes in to see our museum.

Finsihed Viking Longhouses

After a busy few weeks we have managed to get our Viking longhouses finished. We all worked really hard on these and they look fantastic!

I'm a P4...get me out of here!!

We learnt that Vikings used to drink squashed blueberries, water and honey as a treat so we decided to try some!! Some of us were not sure about the look or texture, so we decided to pretend we were doing a challenge!! We all tried it but we think we prefer juice from nowadays!!

Our favourite parts from yesterday's trip

We drew pictures of our favorite parts of our trip to Kirkwall. We had a great time!

Viking walk in Kirkwall and trip to the Cathedral

Today class four set off to Kirkwall to take part in a Viking walk and to visit the St Magnus Cathedral. We begun our tour at the pier where we found out about different buildings and why they were shaped and facing the way they were. 

We moved along the street to Parliament Square which is where the Vikings used to hold meetings. When we reached the Big tree we found out about the history of the tree and why it is so important to the people of Orkney.  We also saw the last remaining part of the Kirkwall Castle which is now known as the TSB bank! 

We stopped in the Tankerness Gardens for a play and our snack then found out about the Groattie house. 

When we arrived at the St Magnus Cathedral we were all really excited to see inside. 

Fran told us about the history of the Cathedral and why there were marks on some of the sandstone blocks. 

We saw the memorial area for the HMS Royal Oak. 

Then Fran told us the story of St Magnus. We found out about his battle with Haakon and how his bones had originally been buried in Birsay before being moved to the first kirk in Kirkwall.  Then they were moved to their final resting place inside a pillar in the St Magnus Cathedral. 

Class four would like to say thank you very much to both Sandra and Fran for such an interesting and enjoyable trip. 

Success...at last!!

Some members of class four have been trying for some time now to complete a globe of the world jigsaw puzzle.  It was very tricky as the pieces fit together in a sphere shape which kept falling to pieces!! But today....there was success!