Crookhill Primary School

On Tuesday Year 3 visited Bede's World in Jarrow. Bede was a Monk in Anglo Saxon times and was around when the Vikings were up to their tricks.

We began the day by finding out what every day life was like for ordinary Anglo Saxons.

This is inside an Anglo Saxon house. The floor is made of earth and the walls are made of mud, reeds and little presents left behind by animals...

Bede's World is also a working farm. It looks just as it would 1,300 years ago. These pigs aren't quite that old....

Meet Githa and Offa. Githa is spinning wool ready to make clothes. You can tell Offa is rich and important because his clothes are decorated and he has his own knife.

This Anglo Saxon garden grows only the plants you would find 1,300 years ago. Did you know, Anglo Saxons didn't eat chips because potatoes hadn't been discovered yet? And carrots were white, red or purple, but never orange!

After lunch we put on habits to find out what it was like to be a monk. Bede was sent away to a monastery when he was only 7, the same age as some of us!

In the museum we learned about all the jobs the monks had to do, like building, fishing and making beer! All work and no pray...

What's this? Working? On a trip? Surely not? Not really, just drawing some of the jobs the monks got up to.

We had a great day at Bede's World and the weather was fantastic. Oh, and in case you were wondering....

Yes, there was a giftshop...