Victorian day in year 5

I promise that I will do my best, to be true to myself and develop my beliefs, to serve the Queen and my community, to help other people and obey the Law. A good pupil thinks of others before themselves and does a good turn every day.

After that we did some arithmetic. The method to teach it was to all stand up and recite times tables. It was a little boring for some of us, especially when Mr Smith made us start with the 2 x table. We then had a Victorian break time, playing some Victorian games, such as skipping, hopscotch and rolling a hoop with a stick. After break we had drill, which is the Victorian version of PE. This was very different to our PE lessons and we stood in lines and had to follow different instructions. Then we lined up and had a go at skipping. Some children found it very hard at first, but after a while had the hang of it.

After our delicious Victorian lunch we returned to class for a sewing lesson. When we had finished, we returned to the present day and discussed what we had enjoyed during the day and what it was like to be a Victorian child.

"I mostly enjoyed the sewing and drill."

"It was very difficult to be a Victorian child in school and the teachers were very strict."

"I'm glad I didn't live in Victorian times as I would not like to be punished with a cane."