Year 8 Medieval Day

On Friday 7th May our Year 8 students participated in our first ever Medieval Day.  It was such a fun, informative and successful day.  Many of our students dressed up in wonderful costumes to get into the spirit of the day. Students learnt so much about different aspects of Medieval life such as crime and punishment, fashion and dress as well as Medieval Japan.  Students particularly enjoyed experiencing some of the games that were played and training as a squire to take on a fighter with a weapon in the tournament.  Congratulations to all of our students for making the most of this special event.

Melanie Mattsson

Head of Humanities

I liked the tournament, because I got to hit a guy with a fake sword. I liked all of the activities. - Isaiah 8F

The positives were:  fun wood balancing activity, fighting the knight and the lunch. – Charli 8F

I loved how I learnt so many things. For example, the medieval Japan lesson taught me so many things about the history of Japan. – William 8F

Sword fighting with an expert is fun. – Sina 8F

I enjoyed their descriptions of their information on each topic. They were very confident speakers, and knew exactly what to say and do. - Dakota 8F

I learned how Vikings used the brain to tan the fabric. – Grace 8F

We did a lot of thinking on how the old customs are similar to new customs. I learnt a lot about medieval customs. – Noam 8F

I liked Medieval Day because we learnt about medieval life and it was fun.  I volunteered for many activities. – Aananya 8F

I liked learning about all the different punishment methods that were used in  medieval times because this type of stuff excites me especially the brutal ways to punish someone after a crime.  I also found it interesting that people with the richest looking clothes were usually merchants because they wanted to advertise the clothes they had for trade. – Lara 8F

We had to think about how every bad action had an even worse consequence. – Chloe 8F

The tournament and the fights were fun.  We even got to see some weapons and armour like a shield. – Jeel 8F

I liked how we got to be involved in each of the activities and it helped me learn a lot more.  I really enjoyed thinking of how to defeat the knight in a fight with the sword. – Kane Hijlkema 8F

I liked the tournament when we were able to learn about how the people trained in combat and able to use a sword. – Nathan 8F

Each of the activities taught us a little about medieval times but we also had a bit of fun as well. – Josh 8D

I enjoyed the enthusiasm of the instructors with the activities, the dressing up was fun but most interesting was the crime and punishment and tournament. – Angus 8D

My favourite activity was the tournament because we got to hit someone with a sword. – Ben 8D

It was great to see what life was like the middle ages.  Can I just say I am so grateful that I live in the 21st century! – Willow 8D

It was very interesting and terrifying, but mostly awesome especially how the punishments worked and what they used to do to people who did something as little as steal a carrot. – Daisy 8D

I thought medieval day was really fun and I got a lot of information out of the day like how executions worked and the worst crimes. – Max 8D

Medieval Day was an interesting and exciting day for everyone.  The effort and time put into this day was clear and not only were the activities well-crafted and fun they were a great way to get everyone involved and have a go. – Mel 8D

Overall, it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience, which I would definitely recommend for future Year 8s. – Jake 8D

Huge thanks to all the teachers and helpers that participated in the dress up as well as planning all of this for us.  Thank you so much. – Aaliyah 8D