Churcher's College pupils experience a morning as Victorian children

Class One at Churcher's College had a wonderful day learning about how life and materials have changed over time. We journeyed to Guildford and back in time to the Victorian age to find out more about what it was like for children 100 years ago.

Having met the school mistress, Miss Smith, the children all changed uniform adding waistcoats or pinafores worn by Victorian children. In the school room we had to sit on our hands and in silence whilst the teacher talked. 

We noted lots of differences in the desks, boards and displays of the Victorian classroom. We then used sugar paper to make a toy hat and slate boards to write our names. 

Later, in the playroom, there were a vast array of wooden and metal toys, including handmade rocking horses from the richest of Victorian homes, to hoops made out of barrel metal and skipping ropes made from window sash pull ropes.

At the end of the morning, class teacher Mr Chris Taylor commented on how everyone had learnt lots about the Victorians and that the children enjoyed their Victorian packed lunches, carried in paper bags and tins, full of food wrapped in paper and tied with string.

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