In Year 1 we are comparing our lives today to what life would have been like for Beatrix Potter in the Victorian Era.

We know that Beatrix Potter was born about 150 years ago and we all know that even Mrs Yardley isn’t that old, so it was a very long time ago!

We looked at photographs of what Beatrix Potters bedroom would have been like, the clothes she would have worn (Myla was very pleased that girls don’t wear these bonnets today) and what sort of thing she would have eaten for breakfast  – we were all glad that we have lots of delicious cereals today. We know that Beatrix Potter didn’t get taught in a school, she had a lady teach her at home called a governess. Instead doing all of the fun lesson like we would do in an afternoon, she would get taught how to embroider.

We looked at the types of toys she would have played with – they were all made out of wood and tin unlike ours. We were quite shocked that she would not have been able to play with an i-pad or watch television after a day at school! We enjoyed looking at and exploring the artefacts – we looked at the wooden doll crib, the ball and cup, the spinning top and the cannon toy. Although they were interesting we were all glad that we have lots of other toys to play with today!