Year 1 - Manor Farm post 1 of 2

Today Year 1 visited Manor Farm to learn about the ‘Victorian Age’ and experience what it would have been like attending a Victorian school, living in a house without ‘modern conveniences’ and working on a traditional farm. The children were all a bit shocked at how strict the school teacher was (or at least pretended to be) and how little freedom children had back then. The teacher inspected our fingernails, made us stand to attention and even threatened to make us wear a ‘dunce cap’ if we were being silly! We all agreed that we much prefer present schools as children have much more freedom and can enjoy learning! We also had a look around a home that was over 600 years old and noticed how different things were that far back in the past. For example, there was no electricity and so modern household items like washing machines were of course not available. We had a go at doing some laundry by hand and found it to be very hard work! Phew, time for a break! Cue the picnics! Photos to follow of us pond dipping and bug hunting.