Step back in time to attend a Victorian school lesson in the Board School room.
Key Stage:
Key stage 1
Capacity:
35 pupils
Price:
£320
Format:
90 mins facilitated, 60 minutes self led
Availability:
Tuesdays - Fridays during term time
Pupils will dress up and experience the three 'Rs' (reading, writing and arithmetic) as they are attend a school lesson like no other.
Pupils will also meet a member of the Hampshire-based Kingdon family, who owned and ran an ironmonger’s shop in Basingstoke town centre from 1886, and run some errands for them on our Victorian streets.
KS1 key curriculum links
- Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality
- Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally
- The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements - Queen Victoria
Learning outcomes
| To be able to understand the differences between modern schools and Victorian education, including discipline, resources and equipment, reading, writing and arithmetic |
| To be able to understand the differences between modern shopping and Victorian shopping including the variety of shops, the nature of items for sale, advertising, loose goods and old (pre-decimalised) money |
| To experience aspects of the Victorian way of life and shopping by participating in a Victorian-style school lesson and in a range of shopping-themed activities for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations |
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