St. Cuthbert's Primary School Seaham
This term, in our History lessons, Y6 have been exploring crime and punishment throughout different time periods. Today, we were investigating the Victorian period and Y6 were sentenced to ‘hard labour’ in a Victorian prison.
We had a go at some activities such as picking oakam, the tread wheel, standing still and stretching and moving a heavy weight backwards and forwards. All of these activities had to be carried out in complete silence and without interacting with anyone else (this is what we found the most difficult).
It was a great way to experience some of the punishments that people endured and although we enjoyed the experience, we were able to appreciate how physically exhausting and painful these activities would be if we were doing them for 8 hours every day.
