Form 4 visit York
Form 4 enjoyed a full day out in York on last Tuesday. The morning and early afternoon were spent at Barley Hall where the children completed a tour of the Tudor building as well as participating in workshops on Arms and Armour and Tudor Medicine. This was followed by a short walk across the city to the Jorvik Dig where the children had the opportunity to develop their archaeological investigation skills. Next was a much needed ‘pit-stop’ at Pizza Hut and then the day concluded with an eerie ‘Ghost Walk’ where the children, together with some of their parents, heard a series of chilling tales of supernatural happenings at various places in the city!
Form 3’s Trip to Barley Hall
Hot on the heels of Form4’s hugely successful visit, Form 3 enjoyed a day out at Barley Hall in York. Naomi Cooke takes up the story: “As soon as we go there we met four people dressed up as Tudor people. It was really funny! They then told us to go inside Barley Hall, so we did. We went into a really big hall – they told us it was called the Great Hall. We saw that there were lots of clothes piled up on the benches; we all had to dress up in the clothes to look like Tudor children. Afterwards, we got shown around by Master Paul and he taught us how to set a table for dinner in Tudor times. We then made some soap out of sheep’s fat, water and herbs. We had lunch in the Great Hall and then got taken to a different part of the Hall, this time by Master William. In the school room we had a go at writing in Latin using quills and a pot of in. It was quite tricky to avoid getting blobs of ink on the page! We also did some maths using Latin numerals. That was our fantastic day at Barley Hall!”
Debating Masters
Congratulations to the Upper School debating team who won last Wednesday’s heat of the English Speaking Union’s annual public speaking competition. James Gordon chaired proceedings with great authority, Ross Sullivan spoke very ably on the topic of whether minorities can ever be safe within democracies, and Edward Kettleborough questioned the speaker from St John Fisher’s School to great effect and . The team have won a place in the North of England finals at Leeds Grammar School in early March.