Victorian Day

Kelsale school welcomed another exciting visitor into lessons today.  Mr Alan Murphy, a 'Victorian Headmaster' arrived early this morning with his equipment to set up a Victorian classroom.

The day begun with an assembly with Mr Murphy as he demonstrated the various ways a Victorian teacher may have maintained control over his class and corrected the behaviour of disruptive children.

Years 3 and 4 then dressed up in typical costume for the period and spent the morning in the Victorian school.

The children were encouraged to bring in a traditional school child's lunch (Big thank you to all parents who took the time to provide this) consisting of bread, cheese and  an apple. Many of the lunches were wrapped in tea towels and brown paper.  Lunch time for KS2 looked amazing.

In the afternoon, it was the turn of Years 5 and 6.

They dressed in the traditional costumes and filled into the hall, girls on one side, boys on the other.

The had lessons in each of the four 'R' s:

Reading

wRiting

aRthimetic

Religion

They used sand in tray's, slates and stylus, ink and pens.  They had to recite tables by rote and calculated using farthings, pounds, shillings and pence.

 After lessons, the children had the opportunity to play with some traditional Victorian games:  Hoopla, pick up sticks, spinning tops, jacks, flip books, cup and ball and so on.
We would like to thanks Mr Murphy for the fantastic educational experience as we all learnt a great deal.  A big thank you to all the parents who supported the events and to Miss Coppens-Browne for organising the day. A fabulous time was had by all.