The session began with a discussion about who the Anglo-saxons where - when and where did they come from? The group considered how we know about the Anglo-saxons and looked at some artefacts.
Then we went upstairs to bury a valued member of our village. The children carried the body and objects to be burried with him in a procession. They then learnt what each object was and where it was found in the burial.
Next the children were able to handle Anglo-saxon objects. Some were replicas, others were the genuine article.
We then returned downstairs for a sensory activity. The children were given bags containing a smell and facts about the life of an Anglo-saxon person. They had to work out what the job or role of the person was and to locate an associated object in the museum.
The final activity was to look on a Cambridge map for placenames that came from the Anglo-saxons.