On Wednesday 6th of November, Year 5 went to the Queen Elizabeth I hunting lodge. We started the experience with a huge feast on the ground floor of a Tudor hunting house, which had been refurbished to preserve the building. We examined the buffet and found a mistake deliberately put there; metal cutlery was not very common until King Henry VIII introduced the fork! As we went to the top floor, the tour guide quoted, that legend has it, Queen Elizabeth I rode up the stairs of the hunting lodge on her white stallion! We noticed evidence of the legend – white horse hairs and hoof marks… On the top floor, we examined the artifacts which were used for hunting in the Tudor times. Other artifacts we saw were real life deers antlers / cow horns and a real deer hide!
Afterwards, a volunteer came in to talk about heraldry and we created our very own coat of arms on shields! Next, we learnt the manners of a lady and a gentleman greeting royalty (AKA Dinore and Goldie!) Then, we put on costumes to look like real Tudor nobility and took some photos! Written by: Jumana 5KI and Tyler 5JB
Dinore 5JB (The Tudor King!): “It was very nice knighting everybody and I feel that I could touch the moon! I enjoyed learning about the Tudor food and would eat the chicken and hog roast, yummy!”
Evie 5KI: “When we were learning about the Tudor food, I would not eat any of it! Except for the lemon…”
Liana 5KI: “It was fun learning about how the Tudors spoke to royalty and I enjoyed dressing up too!”
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