Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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MRS. SAMPSON ' S IS (5 - 6 year olds) Laying seige — Andrew Smith A castle — Michael Starling The way they got into the castle was to use seige towers and trebuchets and mangonels and to dig tunnels under the walls to make the walls calaps. The keep was the stongist part of the castle. The pepole ate at the big table. They had animals to kill and they got the food out of the animals. A portcullis went up and down and the drowbrige went over the moat. Robert Melotti Going in over the drawbridge — Shimon A Ikon Castles The childrens ' phonic spelling has been left in. The castles furst wer mad of wud, they wer motte and bailey castles. Shimon Alkon They dug a moat and they fild it with water and a drowbrich was going dawn. They dug under the castle sow walls will col- aps. Kent Smith A portcullis is a iron door, it went up and down. The enmy cud not get in to fit the gud giys. The noct the walls down and the castle down. Trebuckets cod noc down the castle. Adam Davis They med the castles strog so they did not brek dan. They med the castles of stone. Michael Wallis They trid to noc the walls dan to get in the castle and they uzed mangonels and trebuchets. James Wilkes To nok hols in dors and walls they usd battering rams and mangonels and trebuchets. Mangonels and trebuchets throw stones. Andrew Butterworth A castle — Jeremy Lam A castle — Mat hew DeCosta 6

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A killer whale is going aftr a scl and it col the scl. (Andrew Taft (5)) I saw a whaling ship and it was going aut to get a killer whale. (Steven Bray (5)) Andrew Barber sewed a sperm whale Tarik Smith sewed a humpback whale At the dolphin show — Benjamin Leiiihton A sperm whale wuz kilig a squid and a ship suz goig past. (Benjamin Leighton (5)) Thank you Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Thomson for helping us with our sewing. I saw a whale jupin awi of the wotr. It w us looking for some fish. (Alexander RoUin (5)) A sperm whale is he ing a rase w ith anuihr whale. It is namd a blue whale. It is the bigis whale of (all) of the whales) (Jonathan Cassid (5)) The killer whale is gon to et a fish. The fish is runin awey. (Richard Lines (5)) A bow-head whale is gowg aftr some krill and he had his moth opend. (Justin Kendall (6)) A pilot whale wus swimming aftr a squid and he gow ig to et a squid. (David Charron (5)) A humpback whale is chasin sum krill. He is hungre. (Rhvs Baptiste (6)) The whale corner and residents 5

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I Life in a castle — Shimon A Ikon They bill mot and bailey castles from stone insted of wud. Derek Trimincham The way they got in the castle used battering rams to nock down the walls and door and mangonels to nock down the walls. The keep was the strongst part of the castle they dug lunls undr the walls so the walls colaps. Colm Singleton They used battering rams to knok down the woll. The men out sud trid to frow roks at the castle to break down the wall. They used mangonels and trebuchets to knok down the walls wif the stones. They dug tunls and lit fires in the tunls to make the wols colaps. David Dodwell They mad a portcullis to keep the enemmes owt of the castle. Nicholas Fagundo a portcullis was a iron dor. It went up and down to keep the enmy out of the castle. A mangonel cod noc down the walls of the castle. Da id Patrick Admiring a snail A castle — Ashley Finnigan The keep is the stongist part of the castle and the gret hall is were they ate. and the por pepl wod work for rich pepl. and the keep had lots of rooms and the walls wer very thik. Robin Simmons 7