Victorian Day at St Marks

The pupils at St Marks are used to having a Victorian day every year at school. This is to re-enact the opening of our school on 19^th May 1897.

The first thing everyone would need to sort out would be the costumes.

Although this took a long time to prepare, it was definitely worth the effort. Our school has 107 pupils, so there were a lot of different costumes.
Some of the children were dressed as chimney sweeps, with wooden brushes, and dirty faces, which needed to be cleaned before the inspection.
Others were dressed as rich or poor Victorians. The poorer ones were wearing plain, dull colours, whilst the richer people wore skirts, dresses, ponchos and brooches.

The school had turned around, from modern to Victorian. It was amazing! The teachers had dressed up too, and were very strict.
Furthermore, the year sixes got to be pupil teachers. They went into different classrooms for the day, and helped teach the younger pupils.
Another thing is that they all got to plan what happened, and how they did it. Therefore, most of them got to miss all of our lessons in 5/6.
The things that we were taught were the three R’s. Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. They were fantastically taught by the pupil teachers.
We also had a P.E session called drill. This was held by the three pupil teachers in 5/6. John, William, and Joshua.      

To stick to Victorian tradition, we all used blackboards to write on and pencils to write with.
We also had an opening ceremony for the whole school, and an inspection.
To pass this, we had to learn a poem, spellings, and have clean hands.

It was definitely a Victorian Day to remember!

Click here to see the photographs our official Year 5 photographers took on the day.

Our Victorian School photos can be viewed by clicking on the photo below.