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.
Charlie is a bit disappointed that it only shows years 5&6
ReplyDeleteI did mention in the blog post that the Yr 3 and 4 photos are to follow. Unfortunately they are on a different camera which I will have to get from school tomorrow. The Year 3 and 4 photos will be on the blog tomorrow night x
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