Year 5 Victorian Afternoon Experience
Class 5.1
In Year 5 we have been learning about what our school used to be like. Last week, we compared our school to Victorian schools and this week we actually experienced part of the Victorian school day. We started our lesson by doing a basic drill and copying Miss Leggett and Mr Emmett, whilst counting 1, 2, 3, 4 at the same time. After that, we copied the school rules on our ‘writing slates.’ Some of us struggled with this, because we found out that in Victorian schools, EVERYONE had to write with their right hand! We could not believe this! During our short Victorian style lesson, we had to call our teachers Sir and Ma’am, stand up when an adult entered the room and stand up if we wanted to speak, but we could not ask questions – we could not believe this! How did the Victorian children ask for help if they were struggling with their learning?! After our short Victorian style lesson, we had a debate to justify why school today is better than Victorian schooling. The children enjoyed this task because they were able to direct their enthusiasm, engagement and attitude in an appropriate way. It was great to see the children deeply engaged with the debate and keen to make links with their learning from last week! The conclusion of our debate was that all of the children agreed that they much prefer school now, in comparison to the Victorian schooling. Here are just a few reasons for why:
- we have fair teachers who want to help us do well
- we have fun lessons, where we get to discover new things for ourselves rather than just copying
- we are accepted and respected for who we are
- we get to work collaboratively to help each other
- we have opportunities to use a range of resources to help us learn
- we have opportunities to engage with a variety of subjects
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