We spent the first part of the workshop working on basic drama skills about movement and voice and expression before taking some time to have a think about what it was like to be a child living in Victorian times. We particularly looked at what it was like to be a poor child and the differences between their lives and ours today.
We discussed how the children didn't have an education and had to work in factories, mines or as chimney sweeps compared to how children today go to school and get to do lots of fun things like drama and tennis as well as getting to learn how to read and write and do maths.
We then used all of these things that were discussed to make a Victorian factory machine out of our bodies and voices and we talked about how dangerous it would have been for the children to have worked with them.
To finish off we made some frozen pictures of children today and children in Victorian times.
It was a great start to this project which will run right up until half term.
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