Arnulf’s Saga Year 6- 1 class £225.00
Enter the Viking world through a day of storytelling and activities
Explore our Anglo Saxon and Viking heritage through the eyes of two young men- Arnulf, an Anglo Saxon and Øvind, a Viking- whose lives becomes inextricably linked after the raid on Lindesfarne in 783.
Using traditional storytelling techniques, the storytellers have constructed a saga which explores Anglo Saxon and Viking culture, customs and historical themes.
‘Arnulf’s Saga’ is deliberately unfinished so the class, working with the storytellers, can take ownership of the story and invent their own ending which the storytellers will perform.
The programme is cross curricular:
- Geography: pupils gain a knowledge of the physical geography of the North European coastline through an understanding of the Viking trading routes
- History: Arnulf’s saga is set between the years 790-800 and explains the language, cultures and customs of the Anglo Saxon and Viking communities centred around Lindesfarne and Lejre (setting of Beowulf). Much of the language, culture and many of the customs survive today and pupils are encouraged to find the links between the present and 1200 years ago.
- National Literacy Strategy:
- Term 1- word level work-Vocabulary extension 8 word origins
- Term 2- 5 word origins
- Text level work- text is delivered orally
- Term 2- Reading and Comprehension: 1. Narrative Structure, Writing Composition. 11- pupils construct their own story which may be developed later through 12- extended piece of writing
- Term 3- Sentence level work- aspects of 2: language investigation
- Included in the programme:
- A telling of the Viking Creation MYTH.
- A retelling of the Christian Creation Myth and a selected hero tale from the Bible
- Tales of the Norse gods and heroes.
- A re-telling of Beowulf (Bjovulf) using Anglo Saxon and Danish sources.
- An introduction to the Norse and Anglo Saxon language (learning to count, days of the week and words recognisably still in use)
- Learning to read and write in Rune
- Participation in story related quizzes
