Year 1 enjoyed a visit from the history van. We wanted to find out about homes long ago. Kathryn from the history van showed us how household chores were carried out long ago. We had to use a posser, a dolly peg and washboard to do the washing. It was hard work! Then we needed to heat the heavy irons by the fire. They were very heavy! We looked at communication long ago and had a go at using a type writer and use dip pens to write our alphabet and to write a postcard. We even saw the things that teachers used to use to punish children. Thank goodness everyone was well behaved and we didn’t see the cane being used!
We looked at some objects from homes long ago and tried to work out what they had been used for. There was a giant tea cup which…it turned out was a chamber pot! We all decided that homes today are much more comfortable to live in.
