Dwardu's Scoops 18 - The Edwardian Gazzette

By Max Ghio Year 6Y

It started out as a community where we could roleplay and have fun. It evolved into a whole kingdom (well sort of). A small group of us from Year 6 started earlier on this year by pretending that we used to live in the Middle Ages - kings, priests, knights and all. After a while, we started playing infection tag and we had so

much fun. And that brings us to the present day where we built rubble walls, houses, shops and so much more. Now let’s put those points in a little bit more detail.

Before we were allowed to go up on the bastions during break, most of us in year 6y used to pretend that we lived in the Middle Ages. We had weaponsmiths, kings and everything like that. We did not use modern language, instead we used a language which sounded like that spoken in the Middle Ages. Everyday, we rushed out for break and knew that we would add just a little bit more of the story – the anticipation and the excitement to come up with new stories as a group made it so much fun. We started to get to know our classmates just a little bit more with every new addition to the story.

After around two weeks of roleplaying, we decided to try something different -“Infection Tag”. This was revolutionary to the long journey into the land of Barsin. We chose an infected catcher, and everyone had to run away from him. If the person caught you, you would have to go and catch (or contaminate!) the remaining people with him. We realised that this game was extremely good fun and

more and more new members started to join our breaktime community. We played this game for over two months and those were some of the best months of my life! We found so many places to hide and play in and the game never got too old for us - or so we thought…

As we ran and ran on the bastions to avoid the catcher, we realised that we were running over rocks, and it was hurting our legs. We did not know where to put these rocks, so, we decided to start building rubble walls. It was not only efficient, but also fun. As the wall got taller and taller – we moved away

from infection – and got more absorbed in our daily building. After we finished one wall, we started building another and another. After a week of working, we had built four walls and we were all so delighted. Then we started building shops and houses and suddenly it got even more entertaining. Even the other year 6 class joined!! We had a bank, a massage chair, a community hub, a cinema and even our own currency, flag and national anthem.

We all had our role in Barsin and we managed the place as a team. Some found fossils and we set up a museum. Others mined rocks for more building. My friend and I designed the flag, some ran businesses and oversaw progress. The best part of it all was that each person in Year 6 contributed in some way and the team effort showed in the result – Barsin looked perfect. This was all so much fun!

At the time of writing this - everything had just been demolished! We ran up for our daily adventures on Friday and stood in shock. Our shops, our bank, our first wall and everything that meant so much to us was destroyed. We were devastated. We spent around two months building this spectacular city and at the end of it, we felt nothing but disappointment.

We are not sure what happened exactly or what will happen – what we do know is that we had a great time building this and having fun and that no one can ever take away the wonderful memories we will always have of our very own - Barsin.