On Monday 6th November, Year 4 donned their wellies and headed off to Wildwood Devon, near Exeter. Wildwood Devon is one of the leading British animal conservation charities in the UK and their education facilities include the Greenwood Centre, the Yurt Village and the Saxon Village complete with authentic kitchen and forge.
The visit was to support the learning that Year 4 have been doing in History about the Anglo Saxons. It gave the children a very real experience about what it was like in a Saxon village in the 9th Century. It included making their own spelt bread in the authentic kitchen, a blacksmiths with a real bellow and woodworking station where the children could turn and carve wood. There was also the opportunity to dress up in costumes, escape a maze and see some wild animals.
Thank you to the staff at Wildwood Devon for this fantastic experience.
What the children had to say:
"The beech tree maze was really confisung at first but then we had an idea to use sticks to mark where we had been. We finally found the end and I was proud of my group" - Spencer
"I liked seeing how the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age houses were built. I really enjoyed dressing up and having a go a making flour and bread" - Andrew
"We saw lots of animals. We saw bears, wolves, owls, wild cats and wild boar too." - Vasilisa
"In the Blacksmith hut we made brooches for their clothes because they didn't have zips or buttons" - Daisy
"The Wild Boar can run really fast ans if they saw you, they would charge at you" - Avea
"We went in the Woodcutter's hut and we wrote Great Torrington on wood in Anglo Saxon words. Then we chiselled it out" - Poppy
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