Form 5 and 5.1 have been learning about the Normans in class! We have been learning about William Duke of Normandy and his quest for The English Crown.
Both classes carried out a battle re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings in the school yard where the Anglo-Saxon King, Harold Godwinson was defeated by William the Conqueror. William would then take over the whole of England and Wales and roughly 100 year later, his great grandson Henry II would take over Ireland.
We learned a great detail about medieval battle strategies and the reason why the Normans came to Ireland.