Working children in the Victorian Era.

It's been great to see so many of your travelling to school on wheels. Keep it going! We are highest in the school at the moment for the amount of children on bikes and scooters. We have had a bit of a lull today so it would be great to see a boost in numbers tomorrow. Cycling or scooting to school really wakes the children up and gets them ready for their learning in the morning.

This week we have started looking at the Victorian Era. Yesterday Mrs Webb explained all about what the Victorian Era means and the children got to look at some brilliant resources online. Today we have been recalling some facts that we have learnt about street children and their life in Victorian Britain. The children have all said that they would not like to have lived in Victorian times and I have to agree!

Year 2 were really shocked to learn that some children as young as 5 were sent to work and were sold to factories, mines and rich people!