{"id":853,"date":"2026-05-22T19:22:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/?p=853"},"modified":"2026-05-22T19:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:30:24","slug":"p4-5-social-studies-a-victorian-school-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/2026\/05\/22\/p4-5-social-studies-a-victorian-school-day\/","title":{"rendered":"P4\/5 Social Studies: A Victorian school day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our day was very different today as we transformed our classroom into a Victorian school room. We took on Victorian roles as pupils and teacher to re-enact a typical \u00a0Victorian day.<\/p>\n

9.15 Line up: Boys and Girls lines- single file<\/p>\n

9.20 Inspection: uniform and hands<\/p>\n

9.25 Drill: marching<\/p>\n

9.30 Victorian Proverbs: Practice makes perfect<\/p>\n

9.40 Handwriting: cursive script<\/p>\n

9.55 Arithmetic : chanting times tables, addition and subtraction<\/p>\n

10.15 Singing: My Bonnie lies over the ocean<\/p>\n

10.25 Study of an object: A clothes peg<\/p>\n

10.35 Break<\/p>\n

10.55 Playground games: hop skotch, marbles, skipping, hoops<\/p>\n

11. 45 Posture and Alignment<\/p>\n

12 Copy writing of proverbs: Waste not, want not<\/p>\n

12.15 Create peg dolls<\/p>\n