History
Castle Competition 2011!
In December, 186 year 7 students competed in the History Departments’ annual Castle Building Competition.
After studying a variety of medieval castles, students were given 2 weeks to design and build a realistic model of a motte and bailey castle.
Competition was fierce, and the department saw some of the best entries to date. From working drawbridges and water filled moats to chocolate finger palisades… the quality of the work and use of imagination was outstanding!
Here are just a few of the entries…
Two students from each class were selected to go into the semi-finals. One from each class then went through to the final, which was held in assembly on Tuesday 13th December.
THE FINALISTS:
7 alpha 1 Joshua Bennison
7 alpha 2 Lauren Attawia
7 alpha 3 Benjamin Penn
7A1 Ragan Price
7A2 Brandon Hadley
7B1 Harry Chouman
7B2 Paris Peebles
7B3 Ellie Smith
Mr Munday had the hard job of deciding who the winner should be… and he chose…
Benjamin Penn, 7 alpha 3.
Congratulations Ben, and well done to all who took part. A fantastic effort and a great start to your first term of History at The Ockendon Academy!
