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Upper Key Stage 2 Victorians
Victorian Schools

Use Victorian records and descriptions to gain an understanding of what Victorian schooling was like and how it compares to modern times. Learn about the development of free universal schooling in the UK.

Block Overview

Session 1 Time for School

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Objectives

History

  • Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the changing power of monarchs using case studies such as Victoria.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.

Computing

  • Use software to create content and present information.

Lesson Planning

Learn how new laws made education universal and eventually free for all.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To investigate schooling in the Victorian period and the laws that made education free.
  • To use internet search engines to find out about Victorian education reforms and ICT skills to produce their own ‘Education Act’ manuscript.

Children will:

  • Understand schooling in the Victorian period and the laws that made education free.
  • Use ICT sources to research each reform made to education.

Provided Resources

  • Employment and Education Reforms table
  • Texts relating to reforms
  • Example of the 1870 Education Act Bill

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Session 2 Poor Attendance

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Objectives

History

  • Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the changing power of monarchs using case studies such as Victoria.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

English

  • Participate in role-play.
  • Write for a range of purposes.

Lesson Planning

Use original sources to research and understand problems with school attendance.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To investigate the reasons for the poor school attendance of Victorian children.
  • To explore the reasons for non-attendance at school through role-play; write a letter explaining reasons for absence.

Children will:

  • Understand the reasons for the poor school attendance of some Victorian children.
  • Have written a letter/play-script to explain a Victorian child’s absence from school.

Provided Resources

  • Letter from School Board.
  • Image of Good Attendance Award Medal.

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Session 3 The Victorian Classroom

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Objectives

History

  • Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the changing power of monarchs using case studies such as Victoria.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.

Lesson Planning

Learn about classroom organisation, teaching and behaviour management in Victorian schools. Compare to their own experiences.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To use sources to compare and contrast the experiences of a Victorian pupil with one of today, identifying advantages/disadvantages of each era.

Children will:

  • Compare Victorian and modern school experiences.
  • Consider the appropriateness of Victorian punishment.

Provided Resources

  • Images of Victorian schools
  • Victorian accounts of teaching in schools
  • Object lessons list
  • Dickens on schools with proverbs about behaviour
  • School comparison profile.

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

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