On the 23^rd July 2015, all of Year 2 had a 1900’s day and dressed up like 1900’s boys at Newington to experience how life was in the olden days.

Firstly, we did writing for the anthem ‘God Save the King’. We repeated the lyrics off the board as they had done in writing lessons. Then, after recess, we did maths by repeated times tables like in the 1900’s. It was not as fun as Mr. Scott’s other lessons.

Thirdly, we went to the senior school to see the archives of items they collected from the olden days. We also had a scavenger hunt to find items listed on the clipboard. We had to find the following items: a cricket bat, a portable writing desk, cane, horseshoe, bayonet as well as other items. Mr. Roberts, our guide, gave us some hints and information for the hunt and the history of Newington which was very interesting.

After the visit, we did some olden days games such as fly, hopscotch and marbles. We then had lunch and did some more activities. In my games group I had Harry, Nicholas and Oscar. For the game fly, we used rulers as sticks to jump over. The aim of the game is to use one foot each in the middle of two rulers/sticks and reach the end. If you made it to the end, you would pick up a stick and move it to where you landed at the end of the row of sticks. The game continues until nobody can reach the end. Then we played hopscotch which you had to hop all the way to the end of chalk drawn squares on the ground. On your way back, you had to pick up a stick or a rock on one foot. It was a lot of fun! When we played marbles, you had to use your marble to knock the other marbles out the ring. I had an enjoyable day because it was fun playing games and dressing up. I also disliked the part of the day where Mr. Scott put a lot of pressure on us while pretending to be a teacher from the past.

By Nathan Chong, 2H