Victorian Day

Class 3 visited The Museum of Lincolnshire Life for a Victorian day.Everyone, including all teachers and teaching assistants, dressed as Victorians-from urchins, maids, rich and poor.We spent a session in the Victorian Schoolroom, a session looking at toys and games and a session touring the museum looking for clues on a trail through the domestic, commercial and transport sections of the museum.

                                One group in the schoolroom-awaiting instruction from their new teacher. Remembering to sit up straight -if they didn't a back board was their to help them!(It was not needed!)

Boys separate from the girls as they were more important!

Spellings on a chalk board

Behaving well( if misbehaviour- a label was to be worn round the neck-idle, fiddler, thief, gossip....to name a few possible labels available)

Another group-oh dear- fusspot label for the rest of  the day!

Miss Wilder was not amused.

Holding the ink pens correctly.

        

Using the ink wells with real ink!

Handwriting lesson.

All paying attention.

Arithmetic next.

Times tables-remember no zero- it was not around in Victorian Times!

0 X 4=0,1X4=4,2X4=.....

Drill

Looking at some toys- a shoe doll.

A poor childs doll.

A cloth story book.

 a wooden painted cow-red paint as it was the cheapest!

a toy cannon

A chance for group 1 to play some of the games Victorian style.#

and now for playing some games-Hopscotch

a dice game

roll the hoop

not as easy as it looks

OXO

cup and ball-success!

Looking at the toys- group 2's turn to explore the toys.

Who would play with these?

I think...

mmm- farm animals are more sophisticated now. This has been carved by hand we think.

                      comparing dolls- the slipper doll and the elaborate dolls dress.-very different

discussing favourites

Who might have played with them?

playing with the toys

paper dolls were a great success

carefully packing the toys away ready for the next group

just making sure the mangle is working well

Time to play the games now

OXO

cup and ball

hopscotch

diablo

marbles

spin the hoop

hopscotch

skipping

marbles proved very popular

Back to the school room

sitting up straight backed

reading a poem

questions to follow

handing chalk boards out

spellings

everyone had to write using their right hands!

Holly normally is left handed-she managed well as a right handed child too!

concentration

copying out Mary Had A Little Lamb

no ink splodges please

                                               Now Holly is writing in ink with her right hand!

 George too had to use his right hand! He was proud of his writing too!

                                                                        Drill in class

Ready to leave the room-are your hand clean? No ink marks? Show me.

both sides please

                             Looking round the domestic exhibits and following the trail clues.

The Chemist

Printers

Basket makers

                                                        In the Transport section

The boys don't look out of place-their costumes fit the modes of transport well.

A super day out-so much to do, see and learn.