On Friday 24th February we met at the school at nine and got our shields so we were ready to meet the Jarl squad. Then we got the bus up to the hall and met up with the Jarl squad and got to see the galley, we got our photo taken with the galley.
After a while we got in the galley and went down the hill to the Jamison’s garage.
This is when some of us had to come off because there were other children there wanting a turn in the galley, from there we went to the school.
There were lots of photos taken here with the Jarl Squad. The community came in for a cup of tea, coffee or juice and a biscuit.
After that we got to hold/put on the jarl squad things like helmets, shields and axes.
The jarl squad very kindly handed around creme eggs to all the children and some adults if they were lucky. The Jarl squad sang their songs and danced a little which was good before they went visiting.
When they left the school, we practised our squad to make sure everything went smoothly for the performance at night. We also played Chinese ladders which is when you get a partner and sit foot to foot all in a line with spaces between each pair (it looks like a ladder) you all get numbered then you have to run up the ladder from your space, round the back and end up back in your space. The Jarl squad came back and we got a photo outside with the jarl squad.
Then we had dinner with the Jarl squad, it was delicious!! When we were waiting for our pudding the Jarl squad started singing and had us join in so we all sang and danced, (we danced on our chairs at one point)
Once we finished our dinner we went home at 2 o’clock for a rest and we came back at 7 o’ clock to get on the bus to go to the procession. We went back to the school to get changed then we preformed our squad at the school. After that we got the bus up to the hall to perform our squad there. When we were finished we got changed into our party clothes and went through to the hall to watch the rest of the squads. We all had a great night!
By Jasmine, Amanda and Abbie
