Hagley Farm School Excursion

Last Wednesday students in Year 3/4E went on an excursion to Hagley Farm School to participate in some history activities. It was a great day of learning and fun. Here are some of the things they did:

• Churning cream into butter, and tasting it, on a biscuit.
• Examining historical school artefacts ( over 100 years old) such as mortar boards, inkwells, slates, marbles, cursive handwriting posters, a cane. The students had to guess what each object was and what they had been used for.
• Dressing up in old fashioned clothes and visiting the old school classroom where they were taught by Mr Grumpy. Here they had a go at chanting the alphabet, answering simple number sentences and cursive handwriting/printing with an inkwell and dip pen. They also learned about the consequences for speaking out of turn, writing with your left hand or making a mistake.
• The Historical Household Items Museum- The students learned how clothes were washed, wrung out and ironed 100 years ago. They then had a go at washing clothes in a copper, scrubbing them on an old washboard, rinsing them, and putting them through a mangle. They then hung them on a line and ironed them with a very heavy (cold) flat iron. Students also had fun playing in an old shop and examining  many other historical objects such as a wheat grinding mill, pianos, candle making tubes, a singer sewing machine and many other kitchen items.
• The Farming Museum- Students enjoyed examining, holding or working historical farm tools and machines and patting some tiny, newly hatched chicks.

Overall, it was a fantastic day!