In our first lesson, the classroom was transformed back in time. The boys had to sit on one side and the girls sat on the other. The tables were in rows and we had to face the teacher. We wrote on blackboards, practicing our joined up handwriting. We got to dress up in old-fashioned clothes, we looked very different! We also sang the national anthem. Then we went outside without our shoe on, this really hurt our feet as we walked on the playground. Humayd didn't like being in a Victorian school because the teacher was strict and he didn't want to wear a Dunce's hat. Harvir liked the afternoon though because it was different going outside with no shoes on!We have learnt lots about Queen Victoria, especially Anya! "Queen Victoria's dad died when she was 8 years old. Later she married her cousin - Prince Albert. They had 9 children but Prince Albert died quite young. Queen Victoria then wore black clothes for the rest of her life. Queen Victoria celebrated the jubilee and died in Osbourne House in 1901".
In art we have been looking at silhouettes. We have made our silhouettes by sketching our outline from a photo we had taken, using gridlines to help us get our heads the right shape! We then experimented with oil pastels and black paint to see which media is more effective. We then decorated our very own frames by sticking art straws onto the frames in a pattern. Miss Bailey sprayed these either gold or silver so that they look like professional paintings!By Harvir and Humayd.
