Last Friday we went to a medieval banquet! Our kitchen staff made it all nice for us. Lorraine, Sharon and the other ladies worked so hard and we had an amazing time. They made the gym hall dark and we had candles. We had made crowns and swords and helmets and hats at home so we could pretend to be real people from the Middle Ages. Mrs Wallace, Ms Galt and Mr McKay dressed up too!
The kitchen staff made a big long table with a white tablecloth and we had bread, grapes, meat, cheese and pottage. Pottage is like very thick soup. In the Middle Ages poor people had pottage just made of vegetable that they grew themselves and also some herbs. (We are growing herbs in our classroom!) Rich people had meat as well as the vegetables in their pottage.
After we had our banquet, we had some entertainment. There was jousting, sword fighting, some jokes from the jesters and medieval dancing. It was so much fun and we learned a lot more about the Middle Ages by actually pretending to be there!
A huge thank you to Lorraine and her staff for helping us to have such a lovely time!
