Today Miss McNichol, Miss Potts and Miss Kiely went back in time with Class 2 and held a Victorian Day to link in with recent topic work. The children all looked fantastic in their costumes (Miss McNichol looked very strict!) and they were able to experience a little of what school children in Victorian times might have had to endure.
There were rules to follow, lots of lining up, writing on chalkboards, the boys read the Bible whilst the girls balanced books on their heads, they studied arithmetic after break and took part in a Victorian PE lesson outside. One of the children even received a pretend ‘caning’ and had to stay in at break!
Jacob said: ‘I didn’t like it when the dunce’s hat was on my head’ and Ivy said: ‘it was really fun when we played with the skipping ropes and hoops’. ‘I liked it when the girls had to balance books on their heads and when we used chalk and the boards’ said Lily.
'It was really fun when I balanced a book on my head!' - Hattie 'I liked it when we did Victorian PE and play time' - Gray
'My favourite part of the day was doing Victorian maths' - William 'I liked the Dunce's cap and wished it was on my head!' - Noah
'I liked balancing books on our heads' - Esme 'I liked the writing on chalkboards' - Gracie
'I liked it when I put a book on my head and did Victorian PE' - Alex 'I liked Victorian PE because I enjoyed playing new games' - Toby
'It was really fun when we did the skipping and hoop game in Victorian PE' - Dougie 'It was really funny when I wore the Dunce's cap' - Kian
'I liked it when we wrote on the chalkboards' - Jessica 'I liked balancing the books on my head' - Macie
'I didn't like it when Miss McNichol pretended to shout like a Victorian teacher' - India 'My favourite part was the running race in Victorian PE' - Ayva
'It was really fun when the girls were made to balance books on their heads' - Bromley 'I liked dressing up in the Victorian costumes' - Mila-Rose
'My favourite part was when we did History and learnt about Queen Victoria' - Avelynn
