Corin Beckwith of 7 Caburn writes:
On the 20th January 7 Caburn went to the library in
History for a lesson about castles. We
were split into groups to do some creative writing about medieval sieges and
feasts. We got to play with the toy castle donated to the school by the Friends
of Chailey School. There was a tent, a castle, a trebuchet, a battering ram and
lots of unique knights. The pieces were really realistic so that we could think
about how we could invade if it were in real life. We found out that we would
need to find the castle’s weak point and use the battering ram to knock it
down! The trebuchet could have been used for clearing out any soldiers on the
tower.
It was a great
experience and was also really fun because there were plenty of parts to go
around so everyone got a go. The castle seemed to have the same details as a
real castle including archer windows so archers could shoot their bows.
I think that all year 7s should get a go at least once with
this castle for the castle topic in History.
