Hello, my name's Mrs. Casey.

What's your name? I am super excited to join you for this history lesson today.

The Unit is called Traditional Stories: What do they tell us about the distant past? I love listening to stories.

What's your favourite story? In this unit, we're going to be learning about some historical stories.

That means that they are set in the past or a very, very long time ago.

Today's story is about some man called St.

Patrick, St.

Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.

Have you heard of him, I wonder? Don't worry if you haven't 'cause today's lesson, we're going to be learning all about St.

Patrick together.

Are you ready to get started? Let's begin with our keywords.

These are some of the words that we're going to come across during our lesson.

Have a listen while I read them to you.

Romans.

Christian.

Raider.

Shepherd.

Let's have a go at my turn, your turn.

I'll say the word and then you'll have a go.

Are you ready? Romans, your turn.

Brilliant! Christian, your turn.

Fantastic! Raider, your turn.

Well done! And our last word, shepherd.

Brilliant! Let's have a look at what those words mean.

The Romans were a group of people from Italy that took over lots of land across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Someone who follows the Christian religion, believing in God and Jesus, is described as a Christian.

A raider is someone who attacks people or places by surprise, often to steal from them.

Someone who herds and looks after sheep is called a shepherd.

Great listening, everyone, well done.

Listen out for those words in our lesson.

So today's lesson is split into two parts.

The first part, who was St.

Patrick? And the second part is the story of St.

Patrick's early life.

Let's begin by finding out who was St.

Patrick? St.

Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.

You can see them here in this stained glass window.

We often find stained glass windows in churches.

They use lots of bright colours.

They are beautiful when the Sun shines through them.

A patron saint is a person of Christian faith who, during their life, helped people and has been chosen as a protector of something.

St.

Patrick is the protector of a country, the country of Ireland.

Ireland is a country in Europe.

Can you find Ireland on the map? Well done.

Ireland is next to the United Kingdom in the British Isles.

Can you see the flag? What colours is it? That's right, green, white, and orange.

Well done! Here is a timeline.

St.

Patrick lived in a time when the Romans controlled Britain.

This was a very long time ago.

Over 1,500 years ago.

During his lifetime, St.

Patrick was a Christian priest and worked as a missionary.

A missionary is someone who travels around teaching people about their religion and encouraging others to convert to that religion too.

St.

Patrick told stories and taught people about Christians and Christianity.

Excellent listening, everyone, shall we check what we've learned? When was St.

Patrick alive? A, when the Romans ruled, B, when Elizabeth II was queen, C, he was not a real person? Let's read those again.

When was St.

Patrick alive? A, When the Romans ruled, B, When Elizabeth II was queen, C, he was not a real person? Pause the video and have a think.

That's right, it's A.

St.

Patrick was alive when the Romans ruled.

That was a long time ago, over 1,500 years ago.

Which statements about St.

Patrick are true and which are false? A, St.

Patrick was a Roman soldier.

B, St.

Patrick was a Christian priest and missionary.

C, St.

Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.

D, St.

Patrick is the patron saint of Scotland.

Pause the video and have a think, or a chat with your partner.

Well done, everyone.

I'm going to read the statements again, this time, perhaps you can show me a thumbs up if you think it's true, and a thumbs down if you think it's false.

Let's have a go.

St.

Patrick was a Roman soldier.

No.

St.

Patrick was a Christian priest and missionary.

Yes, that one's true.

St.

Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.

Fantastic, that one's true.

St.

Patrick is the patron saint of Scotland.

That one's false.

Excellent work, everyone, well done.

St.

Patrick's Day is now celebrated on the 17th of March each year in honour of him and to remember him.

This holiday is mainly celebrated in Ireland and places across the world where Irish people have moved to.

How do you think people might celebrate this day? Those are some great ideas, well done! There are parades and parties, people dance and eat Irish food! Let's check what we've learned.

Why do people celebrate St.

Patrick's Day every year? A, in honour of St.

Patrick and to remember him, B, because they are Christian and St.

Patrick was a Christian, C, because every saint has a holiday in Ireland? Pause the video and have a think.

Let's read the statements together again.

Why do people celebrate St.

Patrick's Day every year? Was it A, in honour of St.

Patrick and to remember him, B, because they are Christian and St.

Patrick was a Christian, C, because every saint has a holiday in Ireland? That's right, in honour of St.

Patrick and to remember him.

Well done, everyone.

Now it's time for our first task.

You're going to work together in learning partners.

Can you tell your partner what you have learned about St.

Patrick so far? Make sure to answer these questions in your explanation.

Who is he? When was he alive? What did he do? When is he celebrated? Listen carefully to your partner and see if you can add anything else.

Pause the video and have a go.

What, great discussions, everyone, well done! You have been listening so carefully and learned so much about who St.

Patrick was.

Here are some of the things you might have said.

St.

Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.

He was a real person who lived when the Romans ruled Britain a long time ago.

St.

Patrick was a Christian priest and a missionary.

Nowadays, St.

Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th every year.

Now we're going to move on to our second part of the lesson.

The story of St.

Patrick's early life.

Are you ready? Let's go! Once upon a time, about 1,500 years ago, in a land covered with vast fields and mighty forests, there was a young boy called Patrick.

Patrick lived in Britain, a place full of bustling, busy towns and quiet villages.

During a time when the mighty Romans watched over the lands.

Patrick's home was filled with love and laughter.

His family were Christian.

They believed in God, and tried to teach Patrick to do the same.

But Patrick with his curious and adventurous spirit wasn't so sure.

He loved to explore the mysteries of the forest and the fields more than sitting and listening to stories of God.

However, Patrick's life changed dramatically when he was just 16 years old.

One dark night, whilst Patrick was dreaming about his next adventure, a group of Irish raiders came to Britain.

They captured Patrick and many others, taking them far away across the sea to Ireland.

There, Patrick was made to work very hard tending to sheep in the Irish hills as an enslaved shepherd.

Can you see where he was taken to, where Ireland is on the map? How do you think Patrick would have been feeling at this point in the story? Pause the video and talk to your partner.

I think he would've been really scared and frightened, do you? Let's have a think about what we've learned in the story so far.

Here is a true or false statement.

I'll read the statement and you decide whether you think it's true or false.

Are you ready? St.

Patrick was Irish.

Pause the video and have a think.

Is it true or false? St.

Patrick was Irish.

False, well done, that's right, St.

Patrick was Irish is a false statement.

Is that because, A, St.

Patrick was born in Britain and was taken by raiders to Ireland, or B, St.

Patrick was born in France and was taken by raiders to Ireland? A, St.

Patrick was born in Britain and was taken by raiders to Ireland.

Life in Ireland was tough for Patrick, he had to work for long hours and wasn't paid.

He had to be outside all the time, even when it rained or snowed! He missed his family and his home.

It would have been very lonely.

He spent many days and nights under the open sky, watching the sheep and wondering about the meaning of his life.

Here is a photo of a shepherd with their flock of sheep.

It was during these long, lonely hours, that Patrick began to remember the stories his family had told him about God.

Slowly, Patrick's heart began to open and he started to pray, finding comfort and strength he had never known before.

Patrick became a Christian.

Why do you think Patrick prayed to God? What do you think he might have prayed about? Lucas thinks, "Patrick started to pray to God as he was feeling very sad and lonely, and he hoped that God would help him." Well done, everyone, great listening.

Let's have a think about what we've learned in the story so far.

What job did St.

Patrick do when he was taken to Ireland by the raiders? Was he, A, a baker, making delicious cakes and bread rolls? Was he B, a farmer, looking after lots of different animals, cows, sheep, pigs, maybe growing vegetables like potatoes or carrots? Or C, a shepherd? Was he responsible for looking after a flock of sheep up in the mountains? Was St.

Patrick a Baker, a farmer, or a shepherd? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant, everyone, he was a shepherd looking after those sheep in the hills and the mountains on those cold, long nights and days.

Then, one cold winter's night, as St.

Patrick was sleeping under a blanket of stars, he had a dream.

In his dream, Patrick saw a boat waiting for him on the shore.

A voice told him that, "It was time to go home." Filled with hope, Patrick woke up the next morning with a brave plan.

He decided to flee, leaving the fields and the sheep behind.

Patrick travelled many miles, over hills, through forests, until he finally reached the coast.

There, by a stroke of luck, he found a ship ready to sail.

The captain, seeing the determination in Patrick's eyes agreed to take him back to Britain.

Patrick's journey back home was not easy, but his newly-found faith in God gave him the courage to face any challenge.

When he finally arrived home, his family welcomed him with open arms and tears of joy.

Patrick's adventures had taught him the power of belief and strength in the human spirit.

Lucas wonders, "How Patrick would've felt about God after he successfully escaped from Ireland?" What do you think? Pause the video and talk to the person next to you.

Alex thinks that, "His belief in God must have become even stronger! Maybe he believed that his dream was a vision from God and that God sent the boat to rescue him." Jun thinks Alex is right.

Jun says, "We also know that Patrick later became a Christian priest, a missionary, so his belief in God definitely got stronger after his escape." Super-duper listening, everyone, let's check what we've learned.

How did Patrick travel back to Britain? Was it, A, by boat, sailing over the seas? B, did he walk all that way? C, did he ride upon a horse? Was it A, by boat? B, he walked, or C by horse? A, by boat, brilliant, everyone! Well done, everyone, now it's time for another task.

Well done, for listening to the story, so well.

Did you enjoy it? The task is to put the story into order.

Listen carefully to the statements.

He escaped back to Britain on a boat.

He worked as a shepherd in Ireland.

He was captured by Irish raiders.

He was born in Britain.

He had a dream about a boat.

Those are all part of the story, but they're all muddled and tumbled up.

Can you sort them out? What happened first? Put the events of St.

Patrick's early life into the correct order, starting with the earliest event, number one.

Well done, everyone, great work.

The first statement is he was born in Britain.

He was captured by Irish raiders.

He worked as a shepherd in Ireland.

He had a dream about a boat.

He escaped back to Britain on a boat.

Did you get them in the right order? Well done, everyone! Fantastic work today, everyone, you've learned so much about St.

Patrick.

St.

Patrick was born in Britain at a time that it was controlled by the Romans.

He did not believe in God as a child, even though his family were Christians.

Aged 16, he was captured by Irish raiders and taken to Ireland as an enslaved person.

He was forced to work as a shepherd, and during this time, he prayed to God and started to become a Christian.

One day, he had a dream there was a boat waiting for him at the shore.

He managed to escape, and there was a real-life boat! He sailed back to Britain.

Thank you for joining me for our history lesson today.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Our next lesson, we find out more about St.

Patrick and what happened to him next, bye!.