Read the text about Victorian workhouses. Comment facts that you learn from your reading.

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43 responses to “Year 2 – Victorian Workhouse”

  1. Safa M.

    The rood qeqol dots give money to they and they wok hard

  2. Adrian O.

    Victorian children are separated from their families and had different punishments. They eat yucky food. They have ripped clothes. Workhouse were first made 400 years ago. Adults can get locked up in prison for 2 months.

  3. Musa B.

    Theye we’re not allowed to read or play games or tell jokes

  4. Esa A.

    1.they hadtoe read newspaper .
    2.if they break something like.a window.

  5. Alisha S.

    That was a lovely story thank you👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  6. Isaiah W.

    1. I now know that boys have more work than girls
    2. Adults go to prison for 2months if their bad.
    3. Adults have separate rooms.

  7. Abdelrahman A.

    The work house started in 400 years ago

  8. Nick C.

    Reading was not allowed
    Porridge was called gruel

  9. Faris B.

    I learnt that they had rough and uncomfortable clothes.

  10. Hadiya M.

    1) I found out the workshop was built in 400 years ago.
    2) The work ended in 1930.
    3) They had to live there and work.
    4) They were homeless.
    5) It was built for the poor people.
    6) The man of the family could not find work.

  11. Halimah K.

    Wow😁😊😄

  12. Hamida K.

    Work house
    They weren’t allowed to go with out permission.
    Nowone was allowed to play cards games.
    Everyone had to go to the church on Sunday.
    They were made 400 years ago.
    Workhouses ended in 1930.
    Food was watery porridge called gruel.

  13. Sidrah S.

    In the Victorian days they use to wear rags and there teacher hit them.

  14. Abigail F.

    The workhouse was ended in 1930.
    The workhouse was started in 400 years ago.
    They had such no more to eat.

  15. Sandra A.

    Children had no grown-up. Children in the workhouses had no food.

  16. Jad A.

    We acted like a Victorian children

  17. Havin A.

    The workhouse
    It was here on 400 years ago
    Olders got punished and went in prison
    Little boys had to clean chimneys
    They could not leave without permission 😱

  18. Sumayyah A.

    Work house
    Was built for a poor family’s
    They had to get to work
    Little boys had to clean the roof and chimany
    If you don’t listen you’ll go to prison
    It was built in 400.🦄🍪🐯

  19. Emil D.

    1.The poorest people lived there.
    2.Women lived in one area,men lived in a other area and children lived in a different area in the workhouse.
    3.People in the workhouse had to wear scratchy,rough and uncomftarble clothe’s.
    4.no one was aloud to leave without permission.
    5.if a adult needed a punishment they would have to miss more than 1 meal.

  20. Toleen S.

    I learnt that Victorian houses ended up as hospital’s🏩🏥🏨

  21. Sandra A.

    Children had no grown-up. Children in the workhouses had food.

  22. Jebrin Y.

    They were built about 400 years ago. In the past workhouse were built for homeless people.Food was a watery porridge called gruel.

  23. Eesaa A.

    I have learnt that people are not allowed to go out of the workhouse.

  24. Shemaiah W.

    You didn’t get much food and gruel looks horrible.

  25. Shemaiah W.

    If you was poor you will have to go in to the workhouse and you will feel sad and lonely at the worckhouse and you will sleep there tomorrow and you will eat.

  26. Ilyas K.

    I learned that we were from the past workhouses that’s all I can no
    Teachers 👩‍🏫

  27. Shemaiah W.

    If you was poor you will have to go in to the workhouse and you will feel sad and lonely at the worckhouse and you will sleep there tomorrow and you will work again.

  28. Sardar O.

    Kids Clean the kitchen clean the dishes they clean the living room do you clean the stairs

  29. Yasmin A.

    I sad because they had to be saprat

  30. Eva H.

    It’s amazing and I love it and I want to do it again and it’s a I joyed it can’t wait for school in Victorian days

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