At Gamlingay, we travelled back in time to the Medieval times to learn all about how people in that era lived.
To get an idea of how difficult it was to earn money back then, our Medieval Instructor split all of the children into teams. In those teams, we harvested crops, sheared sheep and stacked hay. Of course, we didn't use actual crops, sheep or hay. Instead we used beans and peas for the crops, small printed pictures of sheep for our animals, and cut up pieces of drinking straws for hay. It might sound like quite a silly game but it was very intense and serious.We had to earn as much money as possible and it wasn't easy! Occasionally, one of your teammates had to leave the game since the King had called them to work for him. My team only barely had enough money to survive!
After the incredibly tense game of Medevial life, we all got to do something a lot more calming; drawing with a quill. It might not sound much fun, but I actually really enjoyed it.
Everyone had a sheet of thick paper to write on, a pot of black ink and a guide on how to draw every letter with a quill. When using the quill, you can't drag it up!
All of the pen strokes have to go either down, left or right. Because of this, a lot of letters have to be changed to be able to write them with a quill.
For my first time writing with a quill, I think I did pretty good!
When I heard that the next activity was going to be outside, I was not very impressed. It was absolutely freezing outside! Either way, I went out with Tilly to see what was going on. There was archery and jousting going on but I couldn't say it was very interesting. Tilly and I stood and stared at it for a while before deciding it wasn't worth freezing for!
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| It was freezing! |
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| Just chilling out |
ready in time for Christmas.
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| Getting ready for Christmas! |
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