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title: "Year 2 - History - Bayeux Tapestry"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-29-year-2-history-bayeux-tapestry"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Year 2 - History - Bayeux Tapestry

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Y2_history.jpg)   29 April 2026

![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/a25824b267331d9bd945b12d6fcfb0ad.jpg)In this lesson, our Year 2 historians became detectives to uncover how **William the Conqueror** claimed the English throne. By exploring the **Bayeux Tapestry**—a 70-metre embroidery nearly 1,000 years old—the children hunted for historical clues like crowns and thrones. Through a "gallery walk" and caption-matching challenge, they pieced together the story of the Norman invasion and the **Battle of Hastings**. It was wonderful to see the children recognise how royal traditions, such as coronations, have remained remarkably similar from King Harold’s time to the present day!

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