Recent Activities
In April 2024 the Vikings for Schools team won the Best Schools Initiative from the Institute of Policy and Engagement, a fitting reward for the hard work of the many volunteers who contributed to the project over the years! Listen to the team being interviewed about their win on the Institute for Policy and Engagement’s Knowledge, Engaged Podcast.
Seven schools and over 300 children attended this year’s Vikings for Schools workshops! Since the project began in 2010, we’ve been thrilled to welcome so many prospective Viking scholars in our university halls, and enjoyed countless mornings filled with runic messages, weapon displays, tracing the origin of Nottinghamshire place names, Viking burials and a lot of interesting questions, like “Did Viking women wear high heels?”
To those who are already in the secret: sssh!
And to those who would like to find out about these items, keep your eyes open for our next activities!
Replicas taken from the handling collection of the Vikings for Schools project. Image © E. Magin
School experiences
“The volunteers were very professional and well-prepared, as well as passionate. They pitched their sessions just at the right level for the age group, and we appreciated it very much that they communicated with us in advance to tie in their activities with what we were doing. The output from our pupils has been great.”
- John Clifford School -
Volunteer experiences
“Working with the children is so much fun, and they’re so interested in what we have to show them. It’s just a really good experience, and helps me understand what I’m studying Vikings for.”
- volunteer -
Outcomes
While Vikings may not have been all about weapons, this pupil certainly was!
Whereas this pupil had a slightly different view on the day ...