Clocking In

Year 6 pupils recreate a Victorian child's working day

On Monday 25th January Upper Two visited Coldharbour Mill at Uffculme. It certainly lived up to its name on what was a bitterly cold winter’s day! However, it only added to the authenticity, as the children had their history topic on the Victorians brought to life.
 
The children enjoyed a tour of the factory, where they found out what it was like to be a child worker in a textile mill in Victorian Britain. They also learnt about the processes involved in transforming wool into a range of manufactured products.
 
 
The second part of the day was a drama activity where Mr Robson, the factory foreman, put the children to work to decide whether they could have a job at the mill. Both staff and children dressed up in Victorian costume to bring the experience to life and the pupils wrote letters of application, in advance, to express why they needed work at the factory.
 
The whole day was a great success and served as the perfect climax to an enjoyable topic. 

Year 6 Curriculum