On Thursday the 11th of August at Moonah Primary the Grade 1/2s went back in time to the olden days. We have been learning about schools from the past in our class.  We pretended that we were in an old school. It was really fun!

The first thing our teachers made us do was some marching outside. Then we sat in two straight lines. The teachers checked our hands to make sure they were clean. We had to stand up straight, with our hands behind our back and sing along to God Save the Queen.

After we sang, the girls went inside to clean the classroom and the boys went outside to clean. In the olden days students had to do a lot of cleaning.

After cleaning we went into our ‘old’ classroom. We sat in rows and had to sit with our arms crossed. Then we did some cursive writing. We wrote the alphabet on slate boards with chalk. If the teachers saw a student writing with their left hand they would have to put that hand behind their back! In the past, students were only allowed to write with their right hand.

Then we read a chapter from Alice in Wonderland. Amelia read us a paragraph but got (pretend) hit by the cane when she mispronounced a word! We then chanted our 2 times table. Ekam got to wear the dunce hat! Students in the olden days had to wear the hat when they got a question wrong! Some students even had their names written in the Punishment book! It was a really fun morning.

I liked that we did the alphabet on the slate boards. – Lucas

I liked it when we did the times tables in Maths. – Oscar

I liked it when I got an early mark. – Harry

We did the alphabet in cursive writing. – Ali Waris

It was scary when Amelia got hit with the cane even though it was just pretend. – Abde

It was funny when we got in trouble. – Thomas

I like when we read the old book. – Trisha

It was great to learn about how school was in the past. – Smriti