Room 8 at Ferrymead

The Tram• We could see the sea

when we went on the tram.

• We had fun.• There was a dog on the

tram.• The tram went

backwards and forwards.

• We saw a rainbow.• It was slow and bumpy.• We sat inside because it

was too cold.

The Bakery• We made cookies at

the bakery.• We used a rolling pin.• We put chocolate

buttons on the top of our biscuits.

• Some of us made a gluten free biscuits.

• The old oven was heated by fire.

• When the oven was cold the little boys had to climb in and clean it.

The School House.• We practised

handwriting and sloping.

• We practised our two times tables.

• We read a poem.• Mr Green the teacher

had a cane. • Mr Green had to be

called sir.• The classroom didn’t

have heaters but they had a fire instead.

The shopWe went to the shop to buy some food. We had to weigh the rice to get the right amount to buy. At the shop you could buy:

• Cough lollies• Black balls• Apples• Potatoes• Onions• Soaps• Pegs• Packets of buttons• Sugar cubes

Nash and Benny are counting out black balls and cough lollies to buy.

The GamesThere were lots of old games to play including:• Stilts• Knuckle bones• Bubbles• Spinning tops• Gingerbread man• Cup and ball catcher• Flip jack• Horse• Wooden fish and rods

Timmy and Benny are playing with the spinning tops.

Isabella is trying to walk on the old wooden stilts.

This old painting was outside at Ferrymead and it had holes in it where you could put yourself into the scene! Benny, Oliver, Troy, Tracey and Timmy are in the old painting.