Oxford Castle
We had a very exciting start to the week when we went to visit Oxford Castle on Monday.
After a short journey to Oxford we arrived at the castle, we were all feeling excited as we met our tour guide dressed in old fashioned clothes.
We started our tour of the castle by climbing up a narrow spiral staircase; it had lots of steep steps leading up to the top of the tower. As we looked out over Oxford we counted a great number of church and college spires all over the city and beyond. We then went down lots of steps, down to the crypt. We thought it had a dirty stone floor, lots of arches and it smelt damp and musty.
We went on to learn that the castle had been used as a prison and that you could be sent to prison as young as seven!
After lunch we dressed up in old fashioned clothes to take part in a drama workshop. We learnt about the legend of Matilda and Stephen. Matilda was trapped in the tower and needed to escape.
Ask your child;
How did Matilda escape from the tower?
What was she wearing?
What was the weather like?
How did she travel to Wallingford?
I am really proud of the children as they were well behaved and a credit to the school. Well done Class One.
Mrs Nixon
