Today children arrived at Victorian School to learn reading, writing and arithmetic. They were given Victorian names and had to sit in rows and individual desks. Children learnt cursive script and used copy books as well as slate and chalk. Arithmetic involved chanting times tables and reading was learning poems and reciting from the Bible.
After our Victorian lunch of bread and cheese, we joined all ks2 classes for drills outside. We then split into boys and girls. Girls learnt how to do decoupage and boys learnt how to make a simple cone and ball game, how to design a vegetable patch and about the Union Jack.
Many of us have decided that Victorian teachers are far more strict and the lessons aren’t as interesting! Some of us even experienced the dunces hat! Continue reading Children should be seen and not heard →