Year 5

Children in Year 5 investigate what it was like to live in Victorian Britain. Throughout the year, they use a range of sources and outings to examine topics such as,

· Queen Victoria
· The Empire
· Society and Class
· Homes and Housing
· Industrialisation and the Growth of Victorian Towns
· Disease and Public Health
· Workhouses
· Child Labour in Mines and Mills
· Education and Schools
· Juvenile Crime
· Leisure and Games
· Transport
· Victorian Wellingborough

Read here of a child's experience in Victorian Britain

Children are presented with a variety of opportunities to exhibit knowledge, skills and understanding – ranging from handling Victorian artefacts, oral and visual presentation, drama and role simulation as well as local outings to Wellingborough Museum and further a field to the Black Country Museum.

We provide children with opportunities to make comparisons between life in the twenty-first century with the values, experiences and behaviour of the nineteenth century.