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.
We drew ourselves being archers.
As part of our “Castles” topic, the children wanted to learn about Kings and Queens. We looked at the lives of Queen Elizabeth I , Mary Queen of Scots , Henry the Eighth and our present Queen. They had some fascinating stories to tell. Jessica had been to visit Henry the Eighth’s ship, ” The Marie Rose”.
We looked at our Queen’s Coronation and how scary that day must have been. The crown looked really heavy.
We made our own crowns and paraded through the school, giving everyone our Royal Waves!
Someone asked the question “How were castles built?” We had to find out! We then created some of our own castles from Lego or Play Dough with great results.
