Last Tuesday Year 2 travelled back in time and experienced life in a Victorian classroom.  The stern Miss Black taught the children to use slate pencils and ink pens and how to learn things by heart. Year Two took part in a writing and arithmetic lesson and wrote congratulatory postcards to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee.

After a rather scary morning in the Victorian classroom, things soon brightened up. We learned the phrase, ‘Let no hands be idle, ’ and went on to try many different Victorian crafts. Peg dolls, fans, cornucopias, ink blots, metamorphoses books and cross-stitch samples were all proudly shown at the end of the day.

The children also had the opportunity to look inside suitcases and learn about the Victorian era through different artefacts. Great fun was had by all trying to guess what each object might be used for and thinking about how life is much easier now.

Year Two had a wonderful day and the memories of their day at a Victorian school will hopefully stay with them for a very long time. Our sincere thanks to all the wonderful Mummies who came to help us!

Claire Porter
Form 2