P5A Home Learning (Mrs Hunter)

Homework 23.01.26

Mild Tasks:

Reading: Read (or get an adult to help if you need to) the facts below about school in Victorian Times. What was it like to be at school at that time?

Facts About Victorian Schools

The school regime was extremely strict and the school day was very long, sometimes lasting until 5 p.m.
Any windows in the classroom tended to be high up, making it impossible for pupils to see out.
Teaching was monotonous with little variation. The children would sit in rows, in silence, and watch the teacher write on the blackboard. They’d then copy down what the teacher had written.
The main subjects that children learned were Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (known as the 3 ‘R’s’).
There was a huge emphasis on rote learning. For example, children had to chant the times tables until they knew them.
Boys and girls were segregated for some subjects: girls would study needlework while boys studied woodwork.
Children used a slate to write on, which could be wiped clean. They might also use a quill pen , which was dipped in ink from an ink well on the desk.
Classrooms were generally poorly equipped: there might be a map of the world or an abacus .

Listening and Talking: Talk to someone at home about what life was like in a Victorian School. Discuss the similarities and differences between school then and school now.

Writing Task: Create a Venn diagram about the similarities and differences between a school in Victorian times and a school now.

Challenge: Write these and words and find their meanings-

abacus quill pen segregated rote learning monotonous

Medium Tasks

Numeracy:

Try this interactive division game at home!

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/doggyDivision/index.html

Mild–Consolidate your 2, 5 and 10 times tables! Now write don the division fact that matches them e.g.

2×4=8

8 divided by 4= 2

8 divided by 2=4

Medium– Learn your 3,4 and 6 times tables and write the matching division facts.