P5m visited the Bennie Museum last week and learned all about Victorian toys and what they were made from.
We learned that Victorian toys were made from wood, fabric, metal and sometimes porcelain. Toys were not made of plastic like they are today and there were no electronic toys!!
Victorian toys included:
thaumatropes
skipping ropes
china dolls (only the very wealthy)
marbles
sling shots
bogies
jacks
hobby horses
skittles
Some of these toys we still play with today.
Here are some other things we learned this week.
Ava has learned how to write instructions ‘How to make a peg dolls’
Leon learned that Victorian children played with bogies and peg dolls
Lisa has learned how to say sunday in French – dimanche and that Newgate was a prison during Victorian times.
Ross thinks the Victorians are awesome!
Adam loves learning about Victorian toys.
Eva learned how to say the days of the week in French and in topic learned about Victorian toys and how they were made.
Liam has enjoyed learning about The Chimney Child
Sophie learned how to make a Victorian peg doll and how to use time connectives when writing instructions.
We are all looking forward to learning about what school was like in the Victorian days! I wonder who the class dunse will be!!
Hello 5m,
I’m pleased you are enjoying learning about the Victorians. I’m sure finding out about school life in Victorian times will make you feel very lucky to be a BPS pupil now!
Enjoy your weekend,
Mrs Spence
The Bennie Museum was fun. I really enjoyed playing with the skipping rope.
Hi I am having lots of fun learning about the Victorians and I am excited to learn about Victorian inventions.
message from Ross. I liked playing with all the toys at the Bennie Museum. My favourite one was the telephone when you put the phone to your ear and someone speaks to you from the other end.
I love playing with a skipping rope.
Yes we went to the Benny museum it was very fun. I liked the fortune tellers
Adam loved learning about Victorian toys and how some of them have stayed with us through the years. I have been telling Adam that in 1982 when I was in P5 we played marbles at every break! We loved marbles 🙂