Let's travel back about 800 years to Europe in the Middle Ages — long before HDB flats, MRT trains, or even Singapore's founding as a port city!
A knight was a special soldier who rode a horse, wore metal armour, and promised to protect their lord's castle and the people living around it.
In this lesson you will train to become a knight yourself — you'll learn how children became knights, what they wore, how they lived, and the special promise they made. Onward! 🐎
Nobody was born a knight! A child had to train for about 14 years — longer than all of primary AND secondary school. There were three big steps.
Your turn: tap the cards in the order they happened, from first to last.
✅ You got it!
📜 Page (about age 7): left home to live in a lord's castle. Learned good manners, running messages, and riding ponies.
🧹 Squire (about age 14): became a knight's personal helper — polished armour, cared for the horses, and practised skills every day.
⚔️ Knight (about age 21): in a special ceremony called dubbing, a lord tapped the squire's shoulder with a sword — "Arise, Sir Knight!"
A knight's armour could weigh 20–25 kg — like carrying a Primary 2 classmate on your back! Squires helped knights put it on, piece by piece.
Your turn: tap a name, then tap the matching part on the knight.
Knights didn't fight every day — most days were about training, chores, and castle life. Tap each card to see what a knight did!
🍽️ Fun fact: there was no refrigerator, so cooks used lots of spices — some sailed all the way from Asia, passing near where Singapore is today!
Every knight promised to follow the Code of Chivalry — rules about being brave, honest, kind, and protecting others. A knight who broke the code lost everyone's respect.
Your turn: would a true knight do this? Tap 🛡️ Chivalrous or ❌ Not chivalrous.
💡 Sound familiar? Honesty, kindness, and fair play are still values we practise in school today — you can be "chivalrous" without a sword!
To practise safely, knights held tournaments — big sporting festivals with crowds and prizes. One training game used a spinning target on a pole called a quintain. Hit the shield in the middle and it spins!
Your turn: watch your rider gallop back and forth. Tap CHARGE! exactly when the rider is inside the golden target zone 🎯.
You've completed your knight training. Here's what you discovered:
Challenge for this week: do one "chivalrous deed" a day — help a classmate, keep a promise, or lose a game with a smile. That's the true spirit of a knight! ⚔️✨