Sir Hugo taught us how to be like knights and use bows and arrows. The bows were quite heavy and Mrs Arbuckle and Sir Hugo placed the bows in for us. It was really cool.
Apologies! I made a little movie about Sir Hugo’s visit, but have had technical problems putting it on to our blog. In the meantime, here are some photos of his visit.
He was a highly entertaining knight and was very impressive with his knowledge. He was also very funny. He explained that his chain mail is the same weight as a small child. The helmet was also very heavy. He talked about hunting and birds of prey. He also jousted. He told us all about castles and he was equally impressed with our knowledge.
He showed us how to do archery. The bow was heavy. We scored 24 points and came second in the Primary 2 challenge.
Thank you, Sir Hugo.
It was so hot in the class today, that we had our lessons outdoors. We started by doing our spelling test – painting the words with water on the wall and the ground. Next we did our phonics with chalk on the ground. Then it was time for cartwheel and handstands – every child loves them!
After our minute’s silence at 11am, we went off to the wood into the shade to find different types of leaves- nibbled ones, yellow ones, curled ones- the list was long! After we had discussed our leaves, we walked round the pitch for our daily mile. It was fun to chatter as we went. Then it was time to head indoors with our water bottles and have much needed cool down time.
After lunch, we headed over to the field to look at what lives in the grass. We found lots of different things from moss to spiders! Next we made pictures using sticks, leaves grass and flowers. They were pretty. Finally, we did roly polys down the hill to end our fun day and sat in the shade to have a drink. A wonderful day of learning.
It was a very dark day on Tuesday. We dropped our timetable and decided to have a fun day. It was what was needed. Amongst many other fun activities things, we spent the afternoon trying on Sir Hugo’s dressing up clothes that he left behind. There was a lot of noise, squealing with delight and laughter. It was wonderful to hear.
We drew ourselves being archers.
