Victorian School Lesson: A visit to Maestir School
🔍 Discover and Explore
Discover the difference between schools in Victorian times and today by taking part in a lesson with a strict Victorian teacher! How would it feel to be a pupil in a Victorian school? Your class can find out by taking part in this immersive role play workshop.
✏️ Take part
Take a seat at your desk in our original Victorian School. You will be taught reading, writing, maths, and poetry and experience what a school day was like in the Victorian period. Pupils' knowledge will be tested with a Q&A too!
ℹ️ About This Session
The Victorian teacher is stricter than today’s teachers and they can be quite stern. Please let us know when you are booking if you have any pupils that would be sensitive to this experience, and we will do our best to make everyone feel comfortable.
Maximum of 30 pupils.
Our Show and Tell Workshops at St Fagans - Maestir: Victorian School are recommended for Year 2 and below pupils.
Resources:
Victorian School in Wales: Free ebook available to support this workshop.
Take a look around Maestir in 360°
Curriculum
Humanities
Enquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about the world, its past, present and future.
Expressive Arts
Responding and reflecting, both as artist and audience, is a fundamental part of learning in the expressive arts.
Maestir School
Pupils outside Maestir School
Pupils in Maestir School
Booking information
To make a booking and talk to someone about this session phone (029) 2057 3424 or email learning.stfagans@museumwales.ac.uk