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Y4 Historical Art and Design: Weaving!

4th Mar 2022

This week, the children have been investigating how the Vikings used to make clothes, which needed to be warm, because of the cold northern climate in the lands where most Vikings lived and settled.

One technique they used was to weave wool using a loom. Unfortunately, we don't have a replica of a Viking Loom for every child, so, instead, we created our own cardboard looms.

Here are some photographs of the children weaving their pattern and designs...