This year, for a curious 13‑year‑old, we savour the medieval world up to 1066 as if it were a banquet. Over four terms we taste: Term 1 — Fall of Rome and post‑Roman kingdoms; Term 2 — Charlemagne, monasteries and everyday life; Term 3 — Viking raids, Anglo‑Saxon society and kingship; Term 4 — 1066 and its aftermath. Each term contains three glorious modules: context and chronology, sources and skills, and project and assessment. Weekly flavours: interactive lectures, mapped timelines, source workshops (Asnapium, chronicles), castle‑making (Macaulay/Alan Lee), and Time Team digs. Readings are paired sensibly — Janega’s graphic refreshments, R.W. Southern’s synthesis, D’Amato for military spice, Natalie Zemon Davis for human tang. Skills: reading primary sources, chronology, empathy, cause and consequence. Assessments: short source analyses, a creative diary from a medieval voice, a group museum exhibit, and a summative enquiry on 1066. Cross‑curricular garnishes: art (medieval tapestries), drama (mock court), and science of landscapes (Boults/Sullivan). Formative feedback is steady, kind and deliciously detailed. By year’s end the student will not only know dates and places but savour the textures of medieval lives. Assessment rubrics are explicit, feedback conversational, and parents warmly invited to taste learning at a midyear community showcase.