We were greeted by the Lady of the Castle who took us into the dark, cold, smelly Castle!
It was so smelly that people used to carry lavender bags with them ...
We learnt about crime and punishment of Castle times ...
Thomas was punished for being drunk and was put in the stocks where we pretended to throw rotten apples at him! Robert was punished for hunting on the Lady's land and almost had his head chopped off ...! Alyssa was punished for kissing a boy before she was married and was put in hand locks. Kate was accused of being a witch and Campbell was punished for stealing the Lady's bread.
We learnt about the types of food that would have been eaten. It looked and smelt horrible ...
We were then introduced to some of the creatures who would have been around in castle times. We got to stroke the Lady's ferret.
We also learnt about the plague and other illnesses that people suffered with. A rat climbed on MacAndrew as he slept so Luca, the Doctor came to check on him ... with his protective mask on of course!
We were then allowed to get our hands on the Castle weapons ... We had lots of fun doing this!
At the end of our time in the Castle, Elizabeth was knighted a Lady and Toby was knighted a Lord!
We have had such a brilliant day, it was extremely worthwhile and fun for the children so I would like to take this time to thank all of the parents of children in Class 1 who contributed to the trip and made it happen. I hope you enjoy looking at our photos.
Miss Highfield
1 comment:
Great pictures Year 1!
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