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| 5T, 1890 style. |
I
thought Victorian day was very strict and you could not do anything. I learnt
that being a Victorian was very hard and that they need to work very hard every
day. I would not like being a Victorian because it is very hard, tiering,
strict and painful by someone hitting you with a stick. Their clothes where
ripped, old and they could only afford one pair of clothing. The only food we
could get was bread butter cheese and that’s it. You could not smile, turn
round and you had to march.
Tony
5N
The
Victorian Day was really an amazing and special day. Before going to
school I was really nervous about being
hit and shouted at by the teachers as they used to do in the Victorian days. However, as I arrived everything seemed
interesting and enjoyable. Everything
such as clothes, food and the assembly made me feel like a real Victorian. I
liked the assembly when we sang. I didn’t like the lessons because they were
boring compared to the lessons nowadays. School was
not amusing for Victorian children. Lessons were boring as children only
learned reading, writing, arithmetic and object lessons. We learned about the potato which was
really boring. However, I enjoyed the time when we wrote with ink and pen. We
learnt a lot about Victorians during that day.
Honestly, I am really happy that I am not a Victorian.
Ibrahim Raslan
5N
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| 5N, c.1890. |
Dear Dairy
I
was so excited on Monday because it was Victorian day.
The
best part of the was weaving because you finally get
to
do something fun. The worst part of the day learning
about the potato it was so boring! Drills were so
strict
I
would of preferred normal P.E .
Did
they have to check our hands and hair and the teachers were shouting at us . I
only got one slice of bread !
Saira
5N
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| 5S in 1890. |
I
liked Victorian day because it was fun and it told me how the Victorian
children felt. I liked the part when SIR Suter kept on hitting the cane
on the table some people jumped back it was funny . At assembly I
got sent to the front because I started laughing so much. We had to
bring bread witch I didn’t my class ate some of
there own bread after some time we got to eat our normal snack for
spelling we had to stand up and say the word then say spells the word It was so
hard . I think we should do this every week because it is fun
we should do it more often Victorian day every day the end Victorian
lessen was when we had to make a toy they mad us write with our right hand it
was easy for most people the Victorians
didn’t have any homework the worst part was
when we have put our shoulders back chest forward the best part was when we could write
with the ink and pen! by
Ayyan Malik 5s
On Sunday I was very excited for Victorian day.
Finally the day had arrived!
At the beginning of the day I didn’t know that we
were going to start acting like Victorians when we came in the play ground, I
was so excited I couldn’t stop laughing, Miss Thomas came and shouted, “wipe
that smile of your face!” I became so nervous about the day in the end it was
very interesting to act like a Victorian, my favorite part was when we could
write with the ink and pen! My least
favorite part was going in miss Nido’s and miss Thomas’s room it was very
scary.
I really hope we have another similar day!!!
Hala
Samaha5S
Since we started this subject on Victorians we’ve
been thinking how they were hit and now were quite lucky today the whole Year5
found out how it is to be a Victorian child in school. We were hit by a cane, got
dunce for small mistakes, made to right with our right hand. But Victorians didn’t have any homework, they
didn’t do any hard all they did were times table, repeating words that the
teacher said and object class. Well the most funny part was when we picked the
potato and started hearing it, the worst part was when we have put our
shoulders back chest forward which actually was hurting my back. The good part
was when we have to I didn’t have to hear and right the sentences because of
Ayyan and had to go to the to take the eye test and I not good at hearing and I
knew that I was going to be hit by Sir Suter. I think we should have Victorian
day every week because it as a lot of fun so I think we should do this more
often
Saud 5S Dear Diary,
Today
was Victorian day. I loved all the costumes that they all dressed in. My classmates and I had assembly after, we practice
our times tables that I enjoyed. We
sang a song that I enjoyed singing infront of the teachers.
We headed back to class and practiced spelling
words that made me learn a lot. We had to memorize a poem for the inspectors so
the teacher was very strict about it, it was horrible. The teacher said we
should work on our handwriting with ink we all had smudges on our paper so she
started screaming at us I WAS ABOUT TO CRY!
Most
of the boys were shouted at so we were lucky. It was break finally but the
teachers were there we couldn’t talk at all so they left us to leave for their
break I was so happy. Break finished and I was so sad we had to march to class
I felt that we were in military school.
When
we arrived to class we learnt about the potato I was so bored I was about to
sleep.
It
was time for drills it was completely boring!!
At
the last hour it was sewing, I was confused I was begging it to end.
Now
that I that I realized we should be happy for what we have and I definitely
don’t want to be a VICTORIAN!!!!!
I
thought Victorian day was fun but it was so scary .I only ate two bread and one
apple but I was still hungry .In P.E we had to drills it was really boring .The
normal P.E is much better. The class lights were off. The boys sit next to each
other and girls sit next to each other .The teachers will not smile and also us
.It was really hard being a Victorian child.The teachers will shout at us if we
play with our hands or touch anything only when she says to touch that thing
.The lessons were really boring. I learned something in the Victorian day I
learned that you have to be grateful of what you have and where you are.
Today was my
worst day ever because it was Victorian day. We came quietly inside our class
room and sat down; the teacher read a book for us called Oliver Twist. After
that we all had a booklet for handwriting, we all grabbed pen and ink and
started writing, after 10 minutes our teacher informed us that we will have to
go to assembly for checking our clothing, we all got checked well after we went
to play straight away to play then we came back to class and sat down and
completed our handwriting when we were done we learned about a potato my worse
subject we all were about to fall asleep because it was extremely boring .
I was so happy
when my teacher informed us that we had to go to drills, we all marched to the
place we have drills when we finished drills we went to play .
The last subject
was sewing; we sewed paper into a pattern. And that was the end of Victorian
day.
Nada 5N
Today we had our Victorian day at
school where we had to dress as a poor Victorian schooler. It
wasn’t fun or exciting, in fact it was extremely terrible to me. Well
first we had our assembly in the morning, but not a normal assembly we
had a special Victorian assembly where we first had to do the register
then the teacher checked our shoes, nails and hair. Then we had to sing and
take photographs.
The next period we had
arthmatics(maths), It was too boring though because all we had to do was to
write down our four times tables on a slate. Then after that we did handwriting
but that was boring too because all we had to write was our alphabet again and
again. Then we had break in which we ate bread. After that we had and
handwriting. We also had our object lesson when we had to learn about the
potato and that was way too boring .
At last we had drills but it was
much better than the rest of the lessons. After that we had break and the last
lesson was weaving for the girls and to make a paper toy for the boys and after
that the day ended normally like everyday.
Hamnah Hafeez 5N
Dear diary,
Today was
finally Victorian day, at the beginning of the day we were playing outside and
looking at each other’s outfits. We lined up and then we went to our
classrooms. We did some math (our times tables) and then we learnt a song
called all things bright and beautiful.
We went to the hall and then we sang the song that we learnt. The teachers did an inspection on our hair,
hand and nails. My hair, hands and nails
were absolutely fine. We also took class photos and then we headed back to the
class. After we went back to the class, we went outside and ate our food. We only ate a slice of bread and a slice of
cheese but the rich people ate the same things but with an apple and butter.
When we came back from playtime, we learnt about the potato and where it came
from? How did it become popular? And so on…….
After we learnt
about the potato we did some handwriting and we wrote with ink. We got a little mess with the ink on the
table so the teacher told us to clean it a playtime. After we did handwriting,
we went to the hall to do some drills, it was really fun but some people got
punished. We went outside after we did the drills and we played with the
skipping rope. We went back to the class but all the boys went in one class and
all the girls went in another class. We did some paper weaving because we
didn’t have enogh money to get what we needed to do weaving.
What I really
liked to do best in the Victorian day was weaving because we learn how to do a
new creative thing if we are bored. The
most thing I hated in the Victorian day was learning about the potato because
we just learnt boring facts and we didn’t really learn any fun facts. I am really happy that I am not a Victorian
child because I would never like to live that way with getting punished by the
teacher and get hit all the time by the
whip, I don’t really like learning boring things because I want to know a lot
of fun facts instead of boring facts. I
really appreciate how I am living now and how I work at school and my family
treats me very good so I love them really much.
Vian 5N
Victorian day
started seriously where the teachers like Miss Tomas, Mr Suter and Miss
Naidoo were very strict.
We first wore
costumes from Victorian times such as grey trousers along with a waist coat and
a brown cap. We used ink for writing and chalk along with a board for writing
sums. lastly We ate food that the Victorians ate and this included
bread, cheese and apple.
Victorian day
taught me that while the Victorian children had the same objective to learn as
we do today they however used different methods to achieve them. Next time I
would like to have Viking day to learn about their culture.
Isaac 5N
Today was
Victorian day at
school. We had
to wear like
Victorian children. The food
we had to
bring was bread
and maybe some
fruits or vegetables
rolled in kitchen
towel. In class, if
anyone didn’t follow
rules he would
wear a dunce
cap, or get
hit with a stick by
the
teacher. We started
the day with an Assembly
then Arithmetic then
we learnt our
spellings, later we had writing
then drill, After
drill we made
our own toys. This
is how life
was for Victorian
children at school,
And that is
why I really
enjoyed the Victorian day.
Abderrahmane 5N
In Victorian
day, I liked it when we did make the thaumatrope that was a parrot in a cage.
It was fun. When I did it, sometimes I saw it in the cage while I was blowing
it.
What I didn’t
like was when we did the drill. I didn’t like it because Mr Ashford was being
strict andhe sent some people to the wall. I even didn’t like learning about
the potato because we were learning it in a boring way. The way we were
learning it was by repeating the answer after the teacher and then learning it
off by heart.
What I feel
about the Victorian children is that I feel sorry for them; because they had
really strict teachers and they had really bad punishments.
I would never
want to be a Victorian child in school because I don’t want to be caned.
Fayez 5N
Today we had
Victorian day. We tried to get a feel for what it was like for children in
Victorian times. School was not amusing for Victorian children. Lessons were
boring and children only learned reading, writing, arithmetic and object
lesson.
I liked
arithmetic, assembly, object lessons and writing. I didn’t enjoy reading and
singing too much. The rules were too strict for me and my classmates. I am
lucky I didn’t live in Victorian times. Children, especially the poor ones had
to work and go to school at the same time. That must have been very tiring for
them. Thank God school is not the way it
was in Victorian times!
KAREEM HIJAZI 5N
Victorian Day
was really fun, but however I don’t really think I would like to live in
Victorian times. The teachers were very strict and we weren’t allowed to smile!
The object lesson was REALLY boring and
the drill (P.E.) was awful! If we didn’t wear shoes or if we laughed, we had to
stand in the corner! My back is still hurting from standing up straight and my
legs are aching from marching! (I’m sure yours would if you marched everywhere
in mid-heeled boots!) I was starving! I
can’t believe we could only eat cheese, bread or an apple! I don’t think the
ink is going to come off my fingers any sooner than 2 or 3 days!
I think the best
part of today was when we did handwriting and the paper weaving. It was fun,
but hard, because some people (including me) cut the strips the wrong way
round! There was a lot of pressure because Ms.Naidoo and Ms.Thomas were going
about telling us how bad we were doing and that we wouldn’t get employed as a
housemaid.
Talking about
teachers, Ms.Thomas really scared me in the morning when she was shouting at 5S
and 5T, I wasn’t really expecting it… Ms.Naidoo looked like a real Victorian,
and BOY did she treat us like one too!
Mr.Suter looked like a Victorian, too. (But I think, he looked a bit
funny with the hat!)
Victorian Day
taught us 2 lessons:
#1. It taught us how Victorian children lived
and how school was like in those times.
#2. When you
compare our life to theirs, it gives us something to be grateful of. It shows
us the great things we have: a wonderful
school with caring teachers and happy children around, delightful lessons with
no pressure, fun playtimes and enjoyable lunch breaks.
By: Deniz Kirci
,5N
The
best thing in Victorian day was that we could write with pen and ink, my
writing was very good in it and Andy’s was also very good, it was so good it
was better than his normal and Mr.Suter said that Samar wrote better in her
right hand than in her left hand. I also liked P.E because the second half of
it we played dodge-ball and our teachers never found out. But the worst things
were that when we were walking or lining up we had to put our shoulders back,
make our back strait, put our chin up and swing our arms gently. When we wanted
to answer we had to stand up which personally I think is a waste of time and
poor old Samar and Sherouq they had to write with their right hand and got
their left hand tied up so they couldn’t write with it. But at the end we
surprisingly all had fun.
Charbel
5S
I
enjoyed Victorian day since it was the first time using an inkwell ! it is
surprising that my handwriting is neater with pen than in pencil! Unlucky for
left handed pupils (only 2 of them) were forced to write with their right hand.
One of them had horrible handwriting even worse than mine! 2 children sat in
the corner with the dunce hat, the girl with the horrible and a boy who
answered incorrectly. One thing was PE we had to sway from side to side with
our hands on our hips 50 times! I enjoyed the rest of the day.
Andy
5S
Victorian
day was horribale because im left handed and had to write with my right wich
was hard. In P.E it was marching and turning your waste which hurt my back and
was boring. I wish to take all those bad things about school after seeing
fictorian day. The food didnt tast nice because it was only bbread and cheese
and if you were rich you would bring an apple.but in all of that the stupied
thing was learing about was po tat to and when we had to repeat like a parrot.
Samar
5S
Victorian
day was great!!! The teachers were very strict but not too strict which was
good. In P.E. we did the drill, exercise, marching and at the end of P.E. we
came to normal and played dodge ball which was fun but as we got back in class
we were back in character. In the last lesson boys made a Victorian toy and as
it was hard we came to normal to do it (hooray!). The girls did weaving. I
didn’t get hit with the cane (really no one did) so it was good and I didn’t
have to wear the dunce hat but at the end of the day everyone in my class wore
it. I would still like to be in a modern school because a Victorian school
would be more strict.
Humza
5S
I
loved victorian day it was so much fun i wish it happens every day :)
Fay
5S
victorian
day was quiet fun bit very strict, when the girls had to go to the paper
weaving i got nagged alot for not doing it correctly. When we had to answer a
question we had to stand up and sit down, we were not allowed to sit
untile told, we were not allowed to smile which i couldn't help it. It was
quiet scary and tiering. But the best thing was writing with ink and pen.
I whish we can write with it again.
Ju
Won 5S
What I liked was........
I really liked when we wrote
with ink pens it was very fun. But the problem was that we had to put ink every
single time when we want to write a word.
I also liked when we went to
the playground and only ate bread and cheese.
And I liked when we sang the
song in the assembly hall.
I also liked the costumes of
everyone in the class.
What I didn't like
was.......
I didn't like when we went
to P.E because Mr.Ashford was already scary so his scariness with victorian
scariness he will be very very very scary.
I didn't like writing on the
slate because it didn't have space to write and, i don't like writing with
chalk.
I didn't like to say mam and
sir all the time.
I didn't like the poem that
we had to learn by heart.
I didn't like the teachers
being so strict.
But although it was kind of
hard I still enjoyed it.
Thank you
Mrs.Thomas,Mrs.Naido and finally thankyou Mr.Suter.
Faisal Darwish 5T
What I liked best about
Victorian Day was when we had to do handwriting with pens and ink. What I liked least of Victorian Day was when we did dictation, because
you read it too fast and some of the words were complicated. I also didn't like
the rules of Victorian Day like the rule where you had to stand when you reply
to a question.
Jauda 5T
Jauda 5T
On Victorian day, I enjoyed
writing with pen and ink. I also enjoyed P.E and weaving a bit. 
I didn't enjoy it when we had dictation and when we
had to repeat a poem thousands of times. The teachers were also too strict! All
I could eat was bread and a bit of cheese.
I didn't enjoy it when we had dictation and when we
had to repeat a poem thousands of times. The teachers were also too strict! All
I could eat was bread and a bit of cheese.
Martina 5T
On Victorian day I did not
like the teachers screaming at us,repeat us the poem a lot of time,dictation.I
liked the pen and ink,p.e and I liked lining up ,boys alone and girls alone.
By HANNA BAHSA 5T
By HANNA BAHSA 5T
I liked that at the end of
the day we made our own toy,I did not like the ink and pen, the teachers being
strict and repeting the poem so much.
Rad
On Victorian day the best
thing I liked was when we did P.E and weaving. The things I disliked were when
we did dictation and the teachers were very stricked and we also had hardly
anything to eat.
from,
Umnia Saqib 5T
In victorian day the best
thing I liked is when teachers shout,because like when they speak it's like
funny to me. The worst thing I hate is P.E because we just did exercise,the
other thing I hate is the ink and pen because its like panting and I hate
painting,and the last thing I hate is the poem because we made lots of mistake
and then we repeated it like fifteen time that part I really hated. Being a
Victorian is really hard.
By:Thaqib 5T
By:Thaqib 5T
These are the things I liked
about Victorian Day .
likes
1. Writing with pen and ink.
2 .P.E
3. Writing on a slate whith
chalk
4. When answering we had to
stand up
5. Talk when been asked
6. No laughing
7. When we had to say hello
we had to bow
8. Being seperated from the
girls
9. Had to be straight while
wakling and standing.
dislikes
1. Marching around the
school
2 .The teachers shouting at
the children
Victorian Day was a good
experience.
By:Agop 5T
My Thoughts about Victorian
Day
What I like best about the
Victorian Day is we get to write with pen and ink and we get an easy maths
lesson and I got to sit next to my best friend and the teachers didn’t correct
our dictation because I missed like half the story. What I didn’t like is the morning assembly we
had to stand up almost the whole time. I
didn’t like the poem because we had to repeat it like 20 times. I also didn’t like the teachers being so
strickt. Except for bread and cheese we
didn’t eat anything. When it was break
everyone was shouting. It was like our
15 minutes of freedom!!! By Effat 5T
This is the thing that I liked about Victorian Day:
P.E. was fun.
This is what I hated about
Victorian Day:
You screamed at me, I didn't
like the part when we had to write everything what you said, the poem, the
singing and the marching.
Thank You,
From, Adam 5T
This is Ahmed.I'm telling
that what I liked the most in Victorian day. I liked the most is when we wrote
in the Victorian pens and using the Ink I even enjoyed P.E when we had to march
around the P.E hall and doing exsersizing. Now for the thing's that I dislike.I
hated the most was when the teacher's yell on you and when you want to say a
answer you have to stand up and tell the teacher.
Ahmed 5T
I really liked Victorian Day
. It was a new experience for me as a Victorian.In the last couple of weeks we
learned about Victorian children so I was not scared about Victorian Day.You
gave detention as a Victorian teacher to Thaqib and Arkady for not saying a
word in the poem that is also new to me. I like Yameen's costume because he was
a Butler and he
was dressed very well.
What I like about Victorian
Day:
I liked when we wrote with
pen and ink.
I liked when we had
Victorian and modern P.E.
I liked when we wrote on the
slate.
Making a thruatam
What I don't like about
Victorian Day:
I didn't like marching
standing in line with arms
to your sides
arms to yourself
no talking
I would like to thank you
for your guidence for the preperation of Victorian Day.
Muhammed Alam 5T
What i liked least of all in
Victorian day was the rules and how strict the teachers were .
What i liked most about
Victorians day was writing with ink pens and weaving .
From YASMINE ELKHOULY 5T
5T