Richard's Victorian Day Review

Richard’s Victorian day review


I got to school on Thursday and saw everyone in their costumes. Everyone looked great dressed as a Victorian school child and when we got into the shaded area, we saw a big sign saying “King Georges’ do not enter”. Mr Watson aka Mr Johnson was wearing black robes and an old fashion teaches hat. Then we were told to line up at the gates and wait until we were told to go in. Soon Mr Johnson came and took us into the classroom.

When we got inside the room looked completely different from yesterday. There was a black board with a chalk timetable on it. The windows were covered with black paper and had a drawing of an apple on it and next to that were some sayings.

The first lesson was writing and we all had to get a quill, a copybook and an ink bowl. Then the class had to copy numbers and words with our right hands. It was recess and we weren’t allowed to have fun and all we did was walk around the field. The second lesson was an object lesson and we studied the potato. So far we learned that it was very strict in the Victorian times and boring. All we did was repeat facts over and over again.

Next was arithmic which was maths and we did our 1 timetables and he then asked very easy questions. We then did a bit of poetry and spelling. It was lunch after that and it was pretty much the same as recess. When we walked smartly back and had our lunch that the teachers provided, this was gruel. Some people didn’t eat it because it tasted horrible.

It was time for drill. Drill is like P.E. but instead of doing it for exercise, we did it for obedience. After all this it was home time. The teachers stopped being mean and we talked about What had happened today. Adam was dunce 3 times and Daniel, Jamal and Rory were caned. Kian and I got out to lunch early and were one of the best pupils. I thought that Victorian day was really fun and I’d like to do it again.