Friday, June 03, 2011
Medieval Day
Apologies for being a useless blogger. Much going on, literary wise and at work. Off to New York tonight. Recently held a Medieval Day at the school, though without plague, famine, pestilence etc...Nevertheless we managed story telling, stained glass, music, archery, falconry, a hog roast, a medieval walking tour and much more.
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Once again, our appreciation of the extraordinary ordinaty teachers who can raise their game to put on a creative day like this for their pupils - we only did four music sessions and were knackered !
Amazing! Of course the beautiful maiden followed by...the less than beautiful um person, was startling. :) Some of those pictures are quite magical.
You would've been one of my favorite teachers in school, no doubt. I still remember the History teacher when I was 13...because he made us re-enact WWI trench warfare, complete with school desks rearranged as trenches. I was on the "ammunition" committee, meaning I helped make all those paper balls we tossed at each other. Only "non-historical" moment? Teacher was a football coach so whenever someone was struck and "died", he'd blow his whistle, point at them and yell, "You're dead. Out!"
You're going to be the new judge on American X Factor?! Hugh 'The Mendicant' McMillan.
What are you holding at the coronation?
Wow, your Medieval Day beat the pants off the Medieval Day I threw at our school. Stained glass was a great idea, wish I'd thought of it... then again, it might not have mixed well with the trebuchet demonstration...
everyadventure
thanks Viv- you did brilliantly.
Hope- used to do similar things with WW1 but out in the playing fields. Best re-enactment was at Beaumont Hamel itself, though. Chilling.
JoAnne- a stick with some egg boxes stuck to it, of course. Don't you think there's a spooky composition thing going on in that final photograph, especially in its size on the blog? Looks like some pose for a renaissance painting.
Everyadventure- nice to see you here. Couldnae afford a trebuchet, I'm afraid, no even a mangonel. Remember what I said about the books if you have any difficulties.
Word verification is that fabled medieval beast, the unicoot.
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