Viking fun with Time Zone
Children at a Walsall school swapped their textbooks for swords and shields during a fun day.
Children at a Walsall school swapped their textbooks for swords and shields during a fun day.
Youngsters at Hydesville Tower dressed as Vikings during yesterday's event.
They were given an insight into life in the past by making rope, flour and enjoying a number of themed games.
The Time Zone team, which helps re-enact historic moments, were also invited to show the Year Three pupils how things were different.
A total of 28 pupils took part in the fun, including two teachers, to coincide with an on-going school project about the Viking period.
To make the day realistic, the seven and eight-year-old pupils were auctioned off, just as youngsters were over 1,000 years ago.
Staff at the school said the event had proved a real success.
Teacher Louise Morgan said: "The children thoroughly enjoyed such an exciting visit which brought the Vikings era to life."