Monday 29 April 2013

The Legend of Posand.

This story has been writen by a group of children from Italy. It tells the story of the arrival to Posadas of saracens. Posada is a small village in the south of Italy. This book has been made by a group of year five students.   Obviously, it is a short version of the original legend. However, it tells briefly the main facts of this famous medieval italian story.

Sunday 28 April 2013

Interview with Comenius Project Members from Spain.

In this video, you could see a TV program where some teachers of Comenius Project are explaining how the work of the fair has been, what things have made each group and how each subject has colaborated to the Medieval Fair.

Medieval Fair in Arahal.

From thirteenth minute, you could see a review of a Medieval Fair at San Roque School. You could see a medieval market and a performance of different medieval dances. It has been made by pupils from 3 years old to 11 years old.




Thursday 25 April 2013

Mathematics in group 4

Mathematics in group 4 (7 and 8 years old)

Design a castle:













Build a castle:







Tuesday 23 April 2013

Information about Sardinia

How to design your own armour?

Does it fit?



Monday 15 April 2013

Bulgarian clothing in the Middle Ages


4a class pupils with their teacher Mrs.Frangova learned about materials and patterns of  Bulgarian medieval clothing. The information was taken from local clothing, compared with wall-paintings and descriptions in the documents.



Fabrics
      There are fragments of silk,cotton,linen and woven fabrics and less used-wool.The use of silk and linen has not been defined on the class-sign/in King Kaloyan’s burial was found linen./The women decorated their heads with silk ribbons and cords. There was a variety of silk fabrics and veiling. They are usually painted in red, brown, green, white and blue. In the murals appeared yellow and orange clothing. High-ranking people from the portraits wore brightly woven clothes.
        Due to the climate the most common was “sarma”/tinsel/-a kind of woven fabric with thin metal stripes/”lame”/ or textile fibres. It was used  for the clothes of people with different social status. Poor people used it for decoration on the head. It was made by cotton, silk, linen and metals such as silver, gold, copper.
      Another kind of material for clothing was leather.





Decorations on fabrics
      The traditional  decoration was embroidery - flowered or geometric. Ordinary embroidery was in blue, gray, black, red, green. As decoration were sewn fabrics, woven stripes, pearls, metal plates.
      There was a variety of the female hats decoration: beads, caps, silver and gilt stripes, silk cords.






Belts
      The belts of the noble and rich people were expensive, with beautiful silver decoration. The items were on silk or woolen red-colored fabric. The highest-ranking Bulgarian wore covered with gold belts. Poor people wore belts with iron, lead or copper decoration.
      During The Second Bulgarian Kingdom was developed the female-fastening of the belt-“pafti”.They were  beautiful  round relief buckles, made from bronze, with small hooks and loops for junction.





A Medieval fortress wall



Third grade pupils made a model of a fortress wall. They learned a lot of new things about ancient  medieval settlements.The villages were encircled by  walls to protect them from the attacks of enemies. That’s why these walls were stronger, higher and more impregnable. The most used material was stone. At the top of the wall there were loopholes. In the middle of the walls and in the corners rose high towers. In front of the wall  people dug trenches and filled them with water. There was a drawbridge in front of the fortress gate.




The legacy of Khan Kubrat



The pupils of class 3a dramatized the legend ‘’Legacy of Khan Kubrat”/by Angel Karalychev/.The small actors acted in roles of wise Khan and his five sons: Batbey, Kotrag, Asparuch, Kuber and Alcek. As the request of his father, Alcek  broke a cornel stick without any effort. Then  Asparuch tried to break all the sticks in the bundle but he couldn’t. In  this way Khan Kubrat bequeathed to his sons the lesson:  to be strong and invincible they need to stay always together.