KS1 and KS2 Victorian School workshop

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Victorian Schooldays

Subject: History

Age Group: KS1, KS2

Region: Freshwater Online (Nationwide), London/Greater London, North West, South West, West Midlands

Travel back to 1899 in our interactive KS1 and KS2 Victorian School workshop!

Experience firsthand what a day at a ‘Board School’ might have been like in our popular Victorian Schooldays workshop.

Our strict teacher will lead you through traditional classes in handwriting, drill, and arithmetic. But beware! Those who forget the golden rule, “speech is silver, silence is golden,” may find themselves subject to the dreaded punishments of the era!

Are you slouching in an unsightly, slovenly manner? The BACK-BOARD is most appropriate to fix this!
Found fiddling with fingers or counting on them instead of in your heads? It will be the FINGER-STOCKS for you!
Speaking without thinking, giving an ignorant or ill-considered answer? On with the DUNCE’S CAP!

Suitable for pupils in KS1 and KS2, our engaging Victorian School drama workshop offers a memorable, hands-on way to explore life in Victorian Britain.

Bring history to life in a lesson you’ll never forget!

Props from Freshwater Theatre Company's KS1 and KS2 Victorian Schools workshop. Including a picture of Queen Victoria, slates, an abacus and a cane.

Why choose Freshwater?

Our sessions:

Are highly interactive, offering hands-on learning, which allows all your pupils to access the topic.
Add depth and richness to the curriculum and stimulate further learning.
Use carefully chosen drama techniques, so that children feel a personal involvement in the topic which helps to embed subject knowledge.
Allow the teacher an opportunity to observe pupils’ progress from a different perspective.
Are led by experienced drama facilitators who immerse the children in an imaginative world, helping to make learning fun!

We also offer our KS1 and KS2 Victorian Schools workshop ONLINE.

Read our blog post about why we think drama is such a brilliant tool for exploring the history curriculum.

From the moment the children walked into the workshop they felt they had stepped back in time. The style of teaching was exactly what we had discussed in our History learning so it really brought it alive for them. It was really brilliant!

Eve Cooper, Hampton Junior School, London

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Details

Length of session: 60 minutes
Price: One session costs £148 + VAT, £132 + VAT per ONLINE session (there may be an additional charge for travel)
Number of Children: up to 30
Extra children are negotiable
All facilitators are DBS checked