Continuing with our Crime and Punishment topic, Year 6 have been exploring what life would have been like in a Victorian reformatory school. Young criminals were sent here to be taught a lesson and some of the tasks and chores really shocked our pupils!
Ruby Prior has written a fantastic recount for her home learning task today:
My name is Jane Angus and I am currently in reformatory school for stealing, I will tell you what happened today….as if it will be any different from my last entry. As always, I woke up at 6am sharp and headed downstairs for my breakfast. Like yesterday, I had bread and butter and a large cup of tea which was cold. Then we headed to our lessons, the mistress was extremely strict today and got angry at me for my spelling mistakes. I had never learned to write before, what did she expect? After that torture, I mean my lessons I ate lunch; it was my favourite, fish and potatoes! I don’t like fish but the smell of it makes me think of home as my dad works down by the coast. It was then time for my least favourite part of the day, girls are supposed to work as servants when they are older so every afternoon I would have to take lessons on how to sew, cook and clean. I never pay attention, heehee! I’m sure I can find work at the shipyard when I am older anyways. And finally, after another cold meal I am sent to bed. Note : I have been coughing a lot more then usual but its probably just a common cold, right?
Excellent work Ruby! We are also very impressed with how confident and quick our children are becoming with their word processing skills!
