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title: "Viking Longboat Challenge"
url: "https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2023-06-29-viking-longboat-challenge"
school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy"
---

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# Viking Longboat Challenge

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/collage(2).png)   29 June 2023

To complete our history unit on the Vikings, we complete a longboat challenge. The children worked in teams to design and make their very own boat, featuring key pieces such as oars and rudders. These were then evaluated using the success criteria. What a fantastic way to finish the unit and well done to the children for working so well in their teams.

![](https://st-barnabas-primary-school.schudio.com/images/news/collage(2).png)

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