I have found the medieval times topic really interesting!

I have learnt a lot of things… mostly we have learnt stuff about what they do in everyday life, and the ranks and stuff like that. So we learnt that the villages have a lord and the lord lives in the manor house and rules and looks after the village. The peasants and the serfs make all of the crops for the village, which they grow on the lord’s land which they rent to them for the food and crops they grow. The merchants run the shops like the tailors, blacksmiths etc some of the merchants and shopkeepers are more wealthy than the lords! But they are only just higher ranked then the peasants and serfs.

We also learnt about the food and the buildings.

Cottages where made out of cobble stone, wooden planks, and thatched roofs. They had a whole in there roof for a chimney, so the cottages often burnt down.

I think the activities that helped me most to learn about this topic, was the reading groups and follow up activities. They really helped me understand it and made it stick in my head. Minecraft definitely helped me learn about building and town life and the roles of people in the medieval times.

electives

I have really enjoyed  electives.
In term 2 I was in creative computer's, it was really  fun, we got to make a short movie and an adventure map on minecraft.

I was in group with katie, Gabby, Rebecca for movie making and minecraft. we made a map where the aim was to get to victory island. and are movie didn't really make sense but we dressed up in onsies and we shot people.

over all i think it was a fun experience,
In term three (this term) i have been in master chef, Ms Bolger is teaching it and we cook lots fo yummy things for lunch on Fridays. so far we have made bacon and mushroom risotto, kedgeree and pistachio kofta wraps. my favourite so far has been the risotto. we have only had three leasons though so i am excited to see what else we will make.

I definitely think it was worth while.

I have really enjoyed my time at Mt Cook School doing tech. I have just finished making a keyboard thingy in electronics  which was really fun! but I think cooking was probably my favourite my favourite//but I am most looking ford to sewing.

so far I have done movie making, cooking and electronics next I think is woodworks, I m not particularly  looking ford to woodworks, because I am not good at that type of thing,but I am really excited for sewing!

medieval times
what have i learnt...
i have learnt a lot recently about medieval times and ranks of the people.
i learnt about the kings, bishop, barons, lords/knights, merchants and then the peasents, and we learnt about some of there roles in everyday life.

we have also learnt about the castles and the materials they are made out of, such as cobblestone and bricks and wood.

 And that outside of the shops they made signs out of wood that didn't have writing but pictures that explained what the shop what sell, as they could not read, for example a they might make a sculpture from wood of a needle to show that they are a new clothes maker, or a horse shoe to resemble a blacksmith.

i would like to learn more about  the clothes they wore and there style and also maybe things they did for entertainment.

a fun activity i think we should do is play Sims 3 medieval because i think it would be fun and we would be able to learn more about the towns and what they wore and get to ride on horses woooop.