Year 2 Chiltern Open Air Museum

Year 2 fantastic day at the Chiltern Open Air Museum where they took part in three Victorian workshops. First, they learned about Victorian toys and how they compare with toys today.  They were very excited to play with the toys and made a spinner to take home. Next, they spent some time in the Victorian school where they were taught lessons by a Victorian teacher! They wrote with chalk on slate boards and found out how strict schools used to be! After that they looked at Victorian artefacts and tried to guess what they were used for. The ceramic hot water bottle and wooden back straightener were the hardest to guess!  Finally they found out how hard it was to do washing in Victorian times but they really enjoyed pegging the washing to the line”.