The Victorians!

This week we have started to think about homes from the past and what it must have been like to live in the Victorian times. We have decided that the Victorians must have been very clever because there were some great inventions during this time. 

On Wednesday we were lucky enough to visit the Priests House Museum. People have been living in the Priests House for nearly 500 years so there were lots of things to learn about! 

We visited the playroom in the museum and were able to handle of the toys in there. The toys were very old and we had to wear special gloves to make sure we didn't damage them. We saw bikes, teddies and a pushchair. We saw lots of dolls which were made from wood, china and wax! Victorian children had to be really careful not to go near fire otherwise their dolls would have melted! We saw some peg dolls in the museum so we had a go at making our own when we got back to school! 

We also visited the schoolroom! The schoolroom looked very different to our classroom! There were no bright colours or toys! There were two rows of desks that we had to sit behind and be very quiet! We had to stand when the teacher came into the room! We practised our handwriting on slate boards and some of us got the cane if we didn't do what we were told! There was a dunces hat in the classroom and children had to wear it and stand in the corner if they got something wrong! We decided we prefer green highlighters! 

We went in a Victorian kitchen which was great! There were lots of things that Victorians used to cook with. We had to light the range which would keep the room warm and cook our food! There wasn't a sink so we had to go outside to wash our hands and the water was freezing! We made lemonade, toast and biscuits using all of the old equipment. We had to toast the bread on the fire because they didn't have a toaster. The lemonade was yummy! We made a Victoria Sponge cake in school for our assembly too.