A Dame School
Dame
Schools were usually run by elderly ladies, who charged a small fee
to to teach children before they were old enough to work. In actual
fact, most of the 'Dames' did very little teaching: they were no more
than child minders.
Children
eating their lunches in their classroom, they were not allowed to talk
or leave their seats untill they had eaten all their lunch
Ragged
School
Lord
Shaftesbury was one of the founders of the Ragged School Union. The
schools were set up in poor districts in any buildings, sheds or stables
that were available . They were free to any poor child who want
to learn.
A
Victorian village School
Slate
and slate pencil.
The children would use slate and slate pencil instead of pen and paper.
When
children were naughty or their work was poor, they were made to wear
a dunces cap
When
children were very naughty, they would be caned: either on their hand or their
seat
A
child's
school desk and blackboard: naughty children had to sit in this desk
as it was right in front of the teacher's desk.
Whenever
a child was caned their name and the reason why they were caned had to be
entered into the 'Punishment Book'. If you look carefully, you can see
that one boy
- James Gore - must have been very naughty indeed, as he is mentioned
three times. And three of the children received three strokes each for
bullying.
An
abacus or counting frame: children used an abacus to help them with
their sums
An
adventure story: children would take turns to read this aloud to the
class.
English
text book
Freda
Gardham Community Primary School
|
Victorian
School:
A
pictorial record of a Victorian school |
