When Mrs O was at school, she didn’t get to work in groups much and there was a lot of copying off the board! Some things about Mrs O's time at school are the same as what Room 4 do at school. She had classes like Music, P.E. and Art. She did lessons like Reading, Writing and Maths. She had Integrated Studies topics like Dinosaurs and Under the Sea. However, a lot has changed! Back then we had three terms, not four, which made each term seem really long, especially the middle winter term.
One of Mrs O's most vivid memories of primary school is having to swim in an outdoor swimming pool. It was not covered or heated and she always dreaded that first dip into the freezing water! Students used to get the strap if they were naughty and Mrs O remembers when the cane and the strap were banned from schools. Her teacher at the time gave his strap to the last boy that he ever hit with it. The children all thought that was funny at the time. And NO Mrs O never got the strap at school! (just in case you were wondering).
Parents (and anyone else), please leave us a comment!
How is school today different to when YOU went to school?
Is there anything the same?
Do you think school is better now or in the past?
What do you think school will be like in the future?
What are some of your fondest school memories?
When I started school we learned to print with pencils (like you do now) but when we got really good we progressed onto a nib pen and inkwell. The inkwell was a small pottery container that sat in a hole on the top right hand side of your desk and was filled with ink. You dipped your nib pen into the ink and then proceeded to write. It was very messy and would leave blobs of ink on your work. Some of the naughty children used to fill their nib pens with ink and flick them at other children. This would have been in the 1960's. From Mrs O's Mum
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