When I walked into the classroom I thought it was very small. The teacher’s desk was made of wood and was very small. This was so he could see everything that was going on in the classroom.
Kate
The desks were small and wooden, and the chairs we sat on were wooden as well. The desks were in twos on each side of the room. The boys were on one side of the room and the girls were on the other. The ink wells were on the top of the desk. The lids flipped up and there were things underneath them.
Joe
Inside the desks were: books, medals, certificates, dictionaries, atlases and pencil cases. The certificates and medals were for good work and behaviour. There was also a name scratched on a desk. The name was ‘Peter.’
Heather
There were four pictures of the world on the wall. There were two maps of the British Empire. The other two were of America, the rest of Europe and everywhere else.
Richard
There were some stuffed animals on shelves in the room.
I really thought that when I walked in the room the stuffed animals were real until the teacher told us they were not. They looked gruesome - the fish especially. It looked as if it was cut in half. The hen looked like it was going to move. The swordfish’s mouth was long, very long. The fox looked like it was going to hunt his prey.
Simon
When the teacher walked in he was wearing a black waist-coat and the collar on his shirt was bent over. He was also wearing some black trousers. My impression of the teacher was that he looked strict and serious.
John
When the teacher came in we had to stand up and say, "Good afternoon, Sir." I thought it was quite silly having to stand up and say it. I also didn’t like having to say, "Sir".
Darrell
The teacher asked us all our names and ticked them off the register. He said, "I’m glad you’re all here."
Kirsty
He asked us if we did maths at our school .We had to say, "Yes sir" or "No sir". He also asked us if we did the register at our school too. We all said "Yes sir!"
Gineen
The teacher came around to look at everybody’s hands and said to Katie G,"No jewellery!" He said you should have clean hands. I was glad that I wasn’t a Victorian child.
Tyra
We had to read some writing on the board. We had to read "Queen Victoria and 21st October". I thought it was silly and boring because you had to say nearly the same thing every morning. I wouldn’t like to have been around in Victorian times
Laura
Sir told two people to give out the slates and slate pencils. The slates were like mini blackboards with wooden frames around them. The slate pencils were like charcoal pencils and they were heavy.
Katy S
First of all I had to write my name on a piece of slate with my slate pencil. It felt really strange because I’m used to writing with a pen or pencil. Then I had to write where I live and the day’s date.
Ian
After we did our writing the teacher told six people off for using their left hand. They were me, Jon, Ian, Adam, Jade L and Liam. I didn’t know at first, why I had it wrong but when he told us I felt a little embarrassed. He told us that if we didn’t use our right hand he would tie our left hand behind our backs.
Katie G
We all had to do the eight times tables and the twelve times table. I went wrong on the eight times table but Tom was doing great. Then I thought some of us would get told off if we got some of them wrong but we didn’t.
Adam B
I wore a long thing like a dress. It was white with brown sort of yellow lines and it had no sleeves. It had string at the back of it to keep it on you. It felt quite comfortable on me.
Jade D
I wore a waistcoat. It looked good. The teacher had a waistcoat too. I didn’t like it very much. It looked very smart on the teacher. The one thing I liked about it was that it was smart. But it was too old fashioned for me. When he asked for our money I felt in my waistcoat pocket for my coins.
Laurence