Our Year 5 King's Ely Prep pupils had a wonderful time visiting Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse in Norfolk!

Students and staff enjoyed a fun-filled and immersive Victorian activity day at the tourist attraction, which is based near Dereham, to enrich what they have been learning in the classroom.

Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse is based in a former workhouse, originally opened in 1777 as a 'House of Industry'. Now, the site houses an extensive museum exploring what life was like for those who once lived and worked there.

Dressed in period attire and accessories, pupils got to experience what a school classroom would have been like in the Victorian times, discover what life was like under the regime of the workhouse clock, explore the working farm (including meeting the magnificent Suffolk Punch horses), and they even helped to solve a mysterious “chapel theft” while developing their understanding of life in the past!

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