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Castle Explorers
11 November 2022
On Tuesday Year 1 visited Tamworth Castle as part of the History Curriculum and learning about homes in the past.
On arrival at the castle, the girls entered through the huge wooden doors, which were opened by one of Lady Ferris’ servants. In the morning, the girls took part in two
workshops. The first one was with Lady Ferris. The girls learnt how to curtsy when greeting Lady Ferris and also how to lay the lady’s table. Lady Ferris also showed the
girls the clothes the children of the time would have dressed in. She was rather confused why girls had come to visit her in breeches and not their usual gowns!
The second workshop showed the girls how to dress a knight for battle. At the age of six, boys would begin their training to become knights. They also had a
play battle where the girls had to show their most scary war like faces to scare their enemies away!
Lunch time was obviously a hit and the girls enjoyed chatting to their friends in the Great Hall while eating their packed lunches.
After lunch the girls were taken on a tour of the castle where they had to look out for certain features such as the battlements, the wall walk, the arrow slits and the moat. Tamworth did not have a moat, however the river formed a natural form of defence for it. The girls were able to see the river clearly from the top of the tower. It looked a long way down! It was very windy at the top of the tower and the flag was flying showing Lady Ferris was at home. There were many steep steps to climb but the girls enjoyed the challenge.
The day ended with a chance to play on the superb playground, with its own fort. Our young historians really enjoyed this end to the day before heading back to the coach
for the return to school.
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