Kirton kids throw themselves into a medieval challenge

Year 5 and 6 Kirton Primary School children got to hurl cows, pigs and boulders as they tried to raise a mock castle wall to the ground as part of a science project with a difference.

They were taking part in a venture organised with Lincoln University Technical College to become Junior Siege Engineers to build, test, analyse and improve a fully working trebuchet.

Pupil Lilly said: “We had a great time. It took us quite a long while to get our ammunition, plastic cows, to fly towards the castle wall but we didn’t give up and did it eventually.

"There were so many things to think about like the weight of rock used, the swing arm length and the size of the sling.”