Chestnut Class visit Norwich Cathedral

Norwich cathedral

Chestnut class, went on a class trip and we learnt a lot about the holy Bible.

This picture shows the reflection of a stained glass window

Monks used to live in the cathedral, but most of them got killed by Henry the VIII's men.They wrecked most of the cathedral but luckily some people rebuilt it in their own way, it's now the same size as it was a long time ago. 


One of Hannah's and Layton's favorites was the mega stained glass windows.    
  





We were very lucky when we went to Norwich cathedral as we were allowed into the cathedral library, not many people get to go in there. Gudrun, the cathedral librarian, showed us lots of really old Bibles, we saw a Bible that is over 400 years old!  

This Bible is over 400 years old!

We learnt about how Bibles were printed when printing first began.  Bibles were first written in Hebrew then there were bibles written in Latin for many years.  The first Bibles printed in English were printed in the 1500's. 

We had binoculars so that we could look at the ceiling bosses in the cathedral.  They show some of the stories from the Bible. 

Us with a lovely women called Janet who taught us about Bibles and told us a Bible story using figures.  We also said what we thought about when we heard the story. 

We learnt that St. Luke was a doctor, he loved to write, he wrote the third Gospel in the New Testament in the Bible.  Here is one of Chestnut Class dressed as St. Luke.

The lectern (where the Bible is displayed) in the cathedral is a pelican.  We shone torches on it to see the wonderful detail on the feathers and the patterns on the lectern. It must have taken a long time to make. 

We had lots of fun and learnt a lot on our trip.