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The last Roman soldiers left Britain by AD410. New people came to Britain in ships across the North Sea – the Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066.

• The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from?Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
• The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.
• The land they settled in became known as 'Angle-land', or England.
• They brought Germanic languages and new customs and dress.

If we use the modern names for the countries they came from, the Saxons were German-Dutch, the Angles were Southern Danish, and the Jutes were Northern Danish. They arrived over a number of decades.

This week the children have been looking at Alfred The Great.

Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.

Alfred the Great (849-899) was the most famous of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Despite overwhelming odds he successfuge.lly defended his kingdom, Wessex, against the Vikings. He also introduced wide-ranging reforms including defence measures, reform of the law and of coina

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The children continued their learning with finding out about The King of House Wessex, Edward the Confessor.

Edward the Confessor was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 until his death in 1066. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother. 

17th October

The children had an amazing time at Clitheroe Castle. The children applied all they knowledge at school and got involved in some drama through out the day. They learned about the three main battles and got their hands really dirty when they had to made their own motte and bailey.

Below are some of the days highlights: