Warwick Castle
In
preparation for a day at Warwick Castle, the group looked at a variety of
pictures of castles, including Warwick, and then designed, made and
painted a castle with a keep, towers, curtain wall and portcullis.
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One
of the parents (who belonged to a medieval battle group) bought in some of
his equipment and gave the children a talk about the armour worn by
knights and the weapons they used. He made all his own garments and weapons and we found out that the
linked chain armour was very expensive and very, very heavy - some
children could hardly move with it on!
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The
following day was spent at Warwick where the children not only explored
the castle, but watched falconry displays, mock battles, looked at ancient
crafts and had a go at everything they could, including shooting with
crossbows and sitting in the stocks!
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