Calendar Dates
- Y1 Easter parent assembly 19th March 2024 at 09:00
- Training Day 22nd March 2024
- Easter Break 25th March 2024
An ancient Anglo Saxon helmet found in 1939 at Sutton Hoo in the south east of England.
Anglo Saxons
Read the information sheet above and then try to answer these questions. They are RETRIEVAL questions which means you have to read the text carefully to find the answers.
Questions:
1. What year was it when the ROMANS first successfully raided Britain?
2. The PICTS invaded Britain but where were they from?
3. The British King asked his two brothers in Denmark to help him fight the PICTS and the SCOTS. What were the names of the two brothers?
4. Early Anglo Saxons were PAGANS and worshipped many gods and goddesses but what religion did they convert (change) to around 597 AD?
5. What did King Oswald give to Aiden the monk?
!!!ANSWERS!!!
1. Romans first raided Britain in 54BC
2. The PICTS were from Scotland.
3. The two brothers were called HENGEST and HORSA
4. Anglo Saxons converted to Christianity.
5. King Oswald gave the monk Aiden, the island of Lindisfarne.