Monday, 21 November 2011

Christmas Below Stairs

Class 4 went to Harewood House to experience what a Victorian Christmas "below stairs" would have been like. We started in All Saints Church, singing carols, as the servants would have had to attend their own service on Christmas morning.
Mrs Sharp, the Housekeeper, kept a close eye on us and made sure we were behaving as we should. She told us about how many of the Christmas traditions we know were introduced in Victorian times, such as Christmas trees, presents, crackers and cards.
We were kept hard at work all morning in the Kitchens (decorating mince pies)
and around the House (making crackers and Christmas cards).
We were allowed the odd rest, seeing as Christmas is a special day.
 Later we played parlour games like the minister's cat and the ha ha game.
 And, back in the modern day, we did get to enjoy the adventure playground before walking back to school.

4 comments:

  1. i really enjoyed that trip i especially enjoyed it when we played the games i really enjoyed it.

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  2. it was really really fun

    by billy

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  3. Looks as though I have missed out on a great day. Keep working hard I am keeping my eye on you all through the blog! Well done with the creative writing for the school in Thailand. Thankyou for the comments on my blog, setting off for home tomorrow. Hope you all have a wonderful christmas.
    p.s. new classroom looks great Mrs. Lockwood

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  4. The costumes looked fantastic Lauren Bellamy

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