Building the Past:  Year 7’s Impressive Castle Models

Lead teacher for History Mr Eccles described the Motte & Bailey or Stone Castle model competition entries as ‘unbelievable.’

An extraordinary amount of effort, planning and skill has gone into the Year 7 annual competition, where pupils could win a History pin badge and House points for their efforts.

Mr Eccles said: “This year’s entries have been unbelievable in terms of the selection. There were drawings, models, a 3D printed version and even one made out of Lego. 

"They were all very imaginative and there was extraordinary detail in so many of them.

“One I was particularly taken with was a model based on a real Motte & Bailey Castle once in Penwortham."

That was from Millie who said: “I thought it would make it easier to base it on a real Motte & Bailey Castle so I did a lot of research. It took a couple of weeks to make it. My fences were cocktail sticks and I used Styrofoam, cardboard and paper.”
Building the Past:  Year 7’s Impressive Castle Models

Imogen said: “I had fun making my castle. You do also learn a lot from putting the model together.”

James said: “I used cardboard, wooden sticks and cocktail sticks for my model, they all had to be cut very precisely!”

Thankfully Alba didn’t have to eat all the lollipops for the sticks on her castle! “I ordered a pack off Amazon! It was imaginative doing it and I learnt a lot about history.”

Georgia added: “I enjoyed being creative and using items from home.”

Year 7 Castle Competition 2026