P5swent to Edinburgh to visit Holyrood Palace and The National Museum of Scotland. We all enjoyed the day. When we arrived we spotted bullet marks on the old tower, they might be there because the English tried to kidnap Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots from the Palace. Holyrood Palace is very fancy, the Great Staircase is outstandingly regal. We also saw a 500 year old crime scene. In the corner of Mary’s bed chamber we observed the secret staircase that Lord Darnley used in the murder of Riccio. In the next room and on the staircase we discovered the blood stains from the murder, some people think it is fake!!! A short time later we entered the dining room which contained about 3000 pieces of silver. In the gallery, on the pictures, we saw evidence of sword damage to the pictures. The slash marks were cause by English soldiers who were angry that they did not beat Scotland in a battle. By P5B.
After Holyrood Palace we went to the museum. Here is what the children enjoyed.
“I enjoyed looking at the technical section of the museum.” Jamie.
“I liked putting all of the Tudor clothes on!” Robbie.
“I enjoyed looking for the information to answer the questions in my workbook, at the museum.” Rachel.
“I enjoyed looking at the animals, my favourite was the tiger!” Emma K.
“I liked visiting the space area. My favourite thing was the meteor.” Kai.
“At the animal section there was an activity to find out which animal we weighed the same as, I was the Boa Constrictor.” Alexander.
“I liked looking at the old coins from the time of Mary Queen of Scots.” Lewis.
