We went to the Ragged School Museum to see what we can learn about childhood in Victorian England.Many of the poor and destitute children who attended these schools were orphans abandonded by their unwed mothers who could not support their child.
Do you have any memories of childhood/motherhood years ago?
Were you a teen mum/parent?
If so, talk to us teen mums from Newham we would love to hear from you, where ever you live.
Here we are making our way to the Ragged School Museum. It was not a nice day and it rained all the way there and back.
Pennies for Pounds
This is a picture of a chalk board from the trip to the Ragged School Museum. It shows an example of what money was worth in the early 1900's and how chalk boards were once used as a method for teaching.
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Last week I visited the ragged childhood museum. I didn’t think it was going to be my kind of flava but if your interested in finding out how school life was in the 1900’s it would just be the thing you to enjoy.
I was actually shocked to find how strict the teachers were in those days children were caned, dunce, not allowed to blink, chew or breathe unless they were told to and had their desk’s lids slammed down on their fingers if they were fiddling and I thought I had it bad at school!
What has surprised me the most was the pregnancy rate back then in poor areas of London there wasn’t really any contraception or sex education and woman never had the choice of termination so one family could have as many as 9 – 10 children, for girls from poor families there wasn’t much opportunity after they left school it was either to the factory or the kitchen playing maid roles. I’m happy that I was born 22 years ago and not 100 but I believe that teachers now days are to laid back when comes to teaching children about manners and respect.
I’d like to hear about anyone views, what do you think about education and the way our children are being taught now?
sasha
Hi Sasha,
Thank you for your comment. I am glad that you enjoyed the visit to the Ragged School Museum and thought that it was interesting.
It was very difficult for poor children to receive a decent education in Victorian England, young teen mums included.
Dr Barnardo provided free education, breakfast, dinner and help finding their first job.
Take a look at the link we have put on the site for all to look at.
my name is leigh i also went along to the ragged school museum along with my one year old son.
we realy enjoyed ourselfs on this outing.
i was amazed at the diffrence between the victorian way of living and the way in which we live today.
there was a lot of information on the schooling i was actualy shocked at the level of disapiln to the children i.e the kane finger block.
The finger block was a large device that was put on the students hands to stop them fiddling with things on there desk
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this page is looking briliant girls!!!!!!!!
it realy shows that we had a lovley time at the ragged school museum.
it was a great day out and i learned a lot from it. e schooling is incredably diffrent from today although i think that we could take a few ideas and reinforce them to obtain some order in the classroom.
from this trip i realised that childern today take education for granted because education was not always goverment funded and familys had to struggle to get tuition fees to PAY for their kids schooling. we dont no hoe privaliged we are
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if you hav not been to the ragged school museum you should go its a nice day out and the entry is free and there is so much to learn but at the same time it funn !!!
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hi my name is Cayla Adams, i was was a teenage mum too, i am now at college and am curruntly in the middle of a project about teenage mums, i would love to hear from you's and to tell me your experiences. you can email me on cayla_michelle_louise@yahoo.co.uk i look forward to hearing form yous xx ps i think your site is great xx
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