On 2nd March Primary 2/3 went on a visit to Stirling Castle. We split into two groups, we went into different parts of the castle. The first group was with Miss Hughes and the second group was with Mrs Mace. We worked our way into the castle and we saw a knight with all his chain mail and armour. He also had a sword and a dagger. We also saw the prison which is called the dungeon it was in one of the towers under the ground so it was very cold and dark.
We went into the kitchen and Miss Hughes had given us questions to think about during the visit -like what did they have to eat and did the knights eat the same as the royal people? We found out that they didn’t have ovens but used fires and the royal people were fed first and then the knights and then the ordinary people and then the dogs if there was any left. Then we went into the great hall and found out that the wood on the roof kept it warm and when they restored it they didn’t use a single nail but they put it together like a giant jig saw using one hundred oak trees. We saw someone making a tapestry and they said that it would be finished in July next year and three of them had been working on it for two years already!
We all really enjoyed the trip and the Castle topic.
Eve & Olly
