Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Class Four's Viking Feast - Tuesday 27th January 2015

Class Four arrived at school at 6pm on Tuesday night ready to hold their Viking Feast.  They got themselves organised into their costumes and then paraded through to the hall with Aly (the Guizer) at the front!  They gave their biggest Viking roar when they arrived in the hall!! 
Once everyone was seated class four helped to give out the soup and to make sure everyone had bannocks, oatcakes and cheese at their tables.

We had lots of people who wanted seconds and even thirds...so we think they must have enjoyed our feast!!  Then it was time to share our learning with our grown ups.  

Our families really enjoyed seeing the hall which we had decorated and we were able to share our learning from the term. 

Then it was time to perform....class four took to the stage in their finest Viking suits to perform The Up - Helly - AA song and The Galley song.  

The words were really tricky so we did really well to learn and sing them. 

After we had finished our performance we went outside to the tennis court where our fireman had our fire all set up.  

We made sure everyone was a safe distance away then we cheered, hip hip hooray!!

Our Viking Galley was finally on fire! 



We all really enjoyed watching our Galley go up in flames!  It was quite exciting because it was similar to the real Up - Helly - AA which was taking place in Shetland at the same time! After the fire had burnt down a bit we then got the chance to throw on our own torches which we had made!! 

Class four would like to thank everyone who came along to celebrate our learning at the Viking Feast.  We would also like to thank everyone who helped to make the feast such a success.  

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Setting up for our Viking Feast

We started off by making home made oatcakes.
Then we had to butter the bere/flour bannocks and oatcakes.  
We got some help to cut the cheese and made sure everything was set out equally on each tray.
Then we took all our bits and pieces through to the hall and started to set up.  
Tables and chairs had to be set out.
Table centres and decorations also had to be organized.  We have worked really hard to make sure everything is ready, we are very excited to share our learning with our grown ups tonight. 

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Viking torches

Class four have been busy making Viking torches ready for our Up -Helly - AA festival.

Viking visitor

On Wednesday class four had a visit from All who came along dressed in his full Up-Helly-AA outfit. He told us all about his costume and the different traditions that take place at the festival.

Anybody that wanted to was allowed to try on parts of his costume! We were surprised at how heavy the items were. 
GGGGGRRRRR!!!! 

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Viking helmets

We then set about using Mod Rock to make Viking helmets. We had to help each other to keep the balloons steady, it certainly wasn't as easy as we thought it would be!!

Viking Longboat

Class four have had a busy first week. They set to work quickly on their longboat for the Up-Helly-AA celebrations.

Lots of cutting was required...
and painting.
Making the sail was a team effort as it took a long time to paint the material.
Then we had to glue everything together to form our longboat.  There are still a few finishing touches to be put in place... you'll have to wait until our Viking feast to see the finished product!