Year two classes stepped back in time to see what life would be like in 1865, making vegetable soup and baking their own scones so that Lady Purlwell – played by the school’s bursar Ruth King – would pay for them to attend school.
After a morning of hard work, the children prepared for an afternoon of coal drawing and writing on chalk boards.
Teacher Amy Boynton said: “A few of the children said they would like to be Victorian, but only for a day!”