Saxon Shore Forts Junior Topic Pack

A Saxon Shore forts topic pack for ages 7 to 11: meet Portchester, label a Roman fort wall, early and later forts, put-it-in-order and Roman-times-or-after cut-out cards, a true-or-false quiz, a crossword where every answer is a real fact, a word search, a comic strip, a colouring page, a certificate and full answers. The words “Saxon Shore” do not appear in the national curriculum in England, so the teacher page offers it alongside the Roman Empire unit as enrichment.

What’s inside:

- Teacher page: where the pack fits (the words “Saxon Shore” do not appear in the national curriculum in England, so it is offered alongside the Key Stage 2 Roman Empire and its impact on Britain unit as wider reading or enrichment; Department for Education wording)

- The Saxon Shore forts: four starter facts

- Meet Portchester: reading and questions (our own drawing)

- Label the fort wall (our own drawing)

- Early and later forts: reading and questions

- Put it in order: four cut-out date cards

- Roman times or after the Romans? Twelve cut-out sorting cards

- True or false quiz

- Crossword where every answer is a real fact

- Word search

- Comic strip to draw: the story of Pevensey

- A fort by the sea to colour

- Saxon Shore Explorer certificate

- Answer key

- Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 17 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink. The Junior Topic Pack order and sorting cards are meant to be cut out.

Every fact is checked against named source pages from English Heritage and the Department for Education (checked 3 Nov 2026), and the sources are listed on the pack’s credits page.

There are no photos in this pack: all drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Drawings are simplified impressions: not photographs, not reconstructions of any real fort, not to scale, and not copied from any site plan, map, guidebook, print, photo or book. Not affiliated with English Heritage, Norfolk Archaeological Trust, the UK government, any other government or any museum. Their names, and the names of the places they look after, are used only to identify the places and sources we quote.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind shore.forts.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.