Today the pupils of P5-7 from Leswalt, Portpatrick and Kirkcolm travelled back to the times of Wallace and Bruce led by Kathryn Purchase from History Alive. The children sat enthralled as they listened to this turbulent period of History; from the unfortunate death of King Alexander III through to the eventual recognition of Robert the Bruce as King. This covered many years of gruesome fighting – all of which the pupils rather enjoyed hearing about! The session truly did bring HISTORY ALIVE!
In the afternoon, the Leswalt pupils got the chance to try on some typical costumes/chainmail from that period and look at helmets and weaponry. It was utterly fabulous!
“I loved this – it was so fascinating! I found out where the word ‘hospital’ came from too!” said Phoebe and Auryn.
“Robert the Bruce’s heart led an army into a crusade. His friend threw it, in its lead casket, so that Robert would have fulfilled his wish to lead a crusade! That’s gory!” Finlay commented.
Kayleigh loved the fact that they got to actually try on some costumes with their friends.
Ethan agreed, “This was so interesting and much more fun than just reading a book about it!”
Thank you so much to Kathryn – making HISTORY ALIVE just makes all the difference. It becomes so real and the children (and staff) so enjoy your sessions.
