Year 6 had the pleasure of a Viking visitor last Thursday. During the visit, the class explored Viking life as courageous sailors, settlers, hard-working farmers, enterprising traders and ingenious craftspeople. We realised that most people believe the Vikings to have been a vicious group of barbarians, who continuously launched attacks on Saxon monks. In truth, the greatest battle most Norsemen had was in trying to feed their families and attempting to keep them sheltered. We found out that the Vikings were fantastic explorers, who thrived and spread out, travelling as far as Russia and North America. Throughout the visit we handled replica artefacts, which had been made by our class visitor. Children asked countless questions, acted in a mock fight and even journeyed outside to see how the Vikings lit fires. We loved seeing history being brought to life.