Cross-Curricular Outdoor Learning for Primary Schools
Bring the exciting world of Viking explorers, traders and warriors to life with the KS2 Vikings Outdoor Learning Ideas Pack from The Muddy Puddle Teacher®. This engaging resource helps teachers deliver the Viking topic through practical outdoor learning activities that transform playgrounds, fields and school grounds into Viking landscapes full of exploration and discovery.
Rather than learning about Vikings only through books and worksheets, pupils experience the topic through storytelling trails, longship design challenges, trading games and settlement building. These activities encourage children to develop curiosity about history while strengthening literacy, numeracy and teamwork skills through active learning.
What’s Inside the Pack
This resource includes cross-curricular outdoor activities linked to the KS2 National Curriculum, with ideas for:
English – Viking saga storytelling, rune writing and news reports
Mathematics – Viking treasure counting, measurement challenges and trading games
Science – ship design investigations, materials testing and weather exploration
Art and Design – shield land art, clay artefacts and longship design
Computing – navigation algorithms, data collection and pattern coding
Design and Technology – longship building, shield construction and shelter design
Geography – Viking exploration maps and settlement investigations
History – Viking timelines, archaeology digs and daily life role play
Music – battle rhythms and rowing chants
Physical Education – Viking warrior training courses and teamwork challenges
Languages – vocabulary trails and action games
RE – exploring Viking beliefs and myths
PSHE – teamwork, leadership and cooperation activities
Each subject area includes three practical outdoor learning ideas, designed to be easy to set up and adaptable for different outdoor spaces.
The Muddy Puddle Teacher® Outdoor Toolkit
Activities make use of simple outdoor resources including:
Coloured ropes for creating maps, story trails and giant pictures
Bamboo grids for timelines, storyboarding and maths investigations
Clay for modelling Viking artefacts and small worlds
Hoops for sorting activities and games
Cones, beanbags and chalk pens for movement-based learning challenges
These tools help turn school grounds into interactive Viking environments where learning becomes adventurous and memorable.
Why Teachers Love This Pack
Reduces planning time with ready-to-use ideas
Brings the Viking topic to life through active learning
Encourages creativity, teamwork and problem-solving
Supports inclusive learning and engagement
Links directly to the KS2 National Curriculum
Perfect For
KS2 teachers
Outdoor learning coordinators
History topic weeks
Schools teaching the Vikings curriculum
Step Into the Viking World
With the KS2 Vikings Outdoor Learning Ideas Pack, children explore Viking journeys, settlements and daily life while developing key skills through outdoor learning.
Because sometimes the best way to explore history is to learn outside.
