Year 4

Visit to Cotehole - September 2009

Class 4 visited the National Trust property of Cotehele House on Thursday
17 th September as part of their history studies about Tudors. The pupils dressed in Tudor costume and had a tour of the house. Later they went into the Mother Orchard and viewed the Manaccan Primrose Apple tree planted by former pupils in 2007.

Pupil comments:

I liked dressing up in Tudor costumes because it made the past more real.

I enjoyed having guides to take us around the house because I learned more about each object than if I had been on my own.

When I had my costume on it felt as if I was a real servant working at Cotehele. The house tapestries were a bit rude as there were naked cherubs!

I felt like a Tudor girl. I liked the really big bedroom and the bed with all the mattresses. The Great Hall was amazing.

I like visiting the Mother Orchard and the hand holding apple statue. It was really good.

What I like best was the squint. I could look through it on to the Great Hall without being seen.