We had a wonderful class trip to the Old Courthouse in Lifford today. We got a tour of the old building and got to see the living conditions experienced by the prisoners. It was dark and cold and the old walls reeked of history, full of stories of times gone by.
The children visited the school in the gaol and sat in the old desks and wrote on the slates… I think they’ll really appreciate their classroom tomorrow!!
After the tour of the gaol the children were brought to the cells in groups and they were given lots of brilliantly cryptic puzzles to solve. The children worked collaboratively to solve the puzzles.
We finished the day off with a wonderful movie called ‘A Dog’s Purpose’… there may have been some crying (ahem.. teachers included) as we watched the movie but the popcorn and sweets helped to cheer everyone up!!
It was a brilliant school tour and everyone came home tired but happy!!