Holywood Hullabaloo

Today in class we tried lots of different meats that would have been eaten by noble men and woman living in castles 500 years ago. We tried rabbit, hare, pheasant, pigeon and deer.

We made flat breads using Jamie Oliver’s recipe…

flat bread recipe

although perhaps a little less salt!

Traditionally flat breads would have been used like a plate except this one could soak up your gravy and you could eat it.

We also tried some fruit chutneys unbelievably these were not as popular as the meats!

Most of the pupils tried out the now rarely eaten foods – pigeon was found to be the favourite.

A big thank you to Mr McKeown for providing the meat for our tasty castle banquet!

On Tuesday the 11th of  February 2014 our whole school was learning about medieval time subjects such as food that they ate, entertainment and now and then. For food we learnt that they ate rabbit, hare, pigeon, dear and pheasant . We also made our own flat bread. They were all very devine,! My favourite was the rabbit but many liked the pigeon. For entertainment we saw that they did jousting, sword fights and for birthdays they had big feast. In our time we play iPads PS3, Xbox , phones Ect. From then until now we learnt quite a bit. We learnt that they did not sleep on beds the slept on hay, straw or the cold floor. They used the chamber pot for the toilet and they shout gardyloo. We really enjoyed learning.

By Charlie Marshall P6

Typed on the iPad.

At Hollywood this week we have been continuing learning all about castles. P3 and 4 made a humongous castle in the classroom for the role play corner. P1 and 2 made castle pictures using paper, and our cutting and tearing skills, with Mr. Parkhouse. We have also started building some castles outside – with sandstone!! They are going to be big enough for people to fit in. We have been working in 3 groups – hopefully enemy castles won’t attack us. We now know lots of facts about castles. Zak has learned that there were 2 different types of motte and bailey. Ethan learned that they had to build castles by hand. Logan knows they didn’t have any flushing toilets! Hayden learned that the servants in the castle didn’t even get baths – they had to go in the river!
We are excited about making shields and swords next week, and maybe finishing our castles. We are also going to visit a real life castle.

p5 -7 Have been learning all about castles. They are all very different  some castles are made from wood and stone. They come in all shapes and sizes.

By Blair