UK: Year 1 learn about the past at Springfield Primary

This week Class JW have been finding out about what homes were like 100 years ago. There was no electricity to make the appliances work.

Naomi is holding an iron. "It's very heavy" she says. We learned that the iron had to be warmed on the range, which is like a cooker and fire in one, then you could iron some clothes until it cooled down, then you had to warm it up again so you could iron more clothes.

Jordan is holding a carpet beater.This was used to clean rugs and mats before there were hoovers. Toby and Alex are showing a "washing dolly."

This is made of wood. You had to twist and turn it in the tub

of clothes that need to be washed. "It must have been very hard work for mum."

I'm sure mum prefers that washing machine she has today.

Maisie and Bethany are looking at

this object. "I wonder what it is?"

It is heavy. It is made of pottery. It has a stopper in the top so you can fill it up.

We learned it was a bed warmer. You fill it up with hot water then put it in your bed to make it feel warm when you get in it as there was no heating in the bedroom.