Discover the world of the Anglo-Saxons. Students explore a village settlement, meet Alfred the Great, go inside Warwick Castle and watch the Vikings arrive through immersive VR.
The Anglo-Saxons workshop uses immersive VR to transport Year 5 students to early medieval England. Children explore an Anglo-Saxon village, meet Alfred the Great, and discover how Britain changed after the Romans left.
In VR, pupils see how families lived in thatched wooden halls, learn how Alfred defeated the Vikings and championed reading and law, explore Warwick Castle on the site a Saxon queen fortified in 914, and walk a street that changes through the centuries. They understand how the Anglo-Saxons bridged the gap between Roman Britain and the Viking age.
Book a full-day visit and choose a different VR topic for every year group — making it super specific to each class's curriculum and exceptional value for money.
Each session includes a Virtual Reality segment where students are transported back in time. Using class sets of VR headsets, children explore 360° recreations of historical environments — from walking through ancient temples to witnessing the Great Fire of London.
Every activity is designed to bring history to life. Your facilitator selects and adapts activities based on the year group.
Step into an Anglo-Saxon village and experience daily life first-hand. Students see thatched wooden halls built with wattle and daub, families farming and making what they needed by hand, and the communal fire at the heart of the settlement.
All year groupsMeet the King of Wessex who defeated the Vikings. Students learn about Alfred as a warrior king and as a scholar — he translated books from Latin into English himself and gathered the laws of earlier kings into one code.
All year groupsExplore inside one of Britain's mightiest castles. Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great, built an earth-and-timber fort on this spot in 914; the Normans later raised the stone castle that still stands today.
All year groupsWitness the Vikings arriving from Scandinavia in their fast, shallow longships. Students learn about the raids that began in 793 and how they changed Anglo-Saxon life, land and defence.
All year groupsWalk along a street that changes from Anglo-Saxon to Viking to medieval times, between 600 and 1500 CE. Students observe how homes, buildings and daily life were transformed over the centuries.
All year groupsEvery session is designed around measurable outcomes that align with the National Curriculum and build historical thinking skills.
Students understand how Anglo-Saxon communities lived, worked, and were governed.
Students understand why Alfred is remembered as 'the Great' — as a warrior, a law-maker and a champion of learning.
Students can explain why the Vikings came to Britain and how the Anglo-Saxons responded.
Students recognise the transition from Roman to Anglo-Saxon to Viking England as interconnected periods.
We bring everything — your presenter, 16 VR headsets and the worksheets. You just tell us the date and year groups. No hidden costs, no extras.
Here’s how a typical full-day VR history workshop fits around your school day. KS2 sessions run 40 minutes; KS1 & EYFS sessions run 35 minutes. We’re flexible — we’ll work around your timetable. Seven classes rather than six? We combine two year groups into one session — just tell us when you book.
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