Schools Role Play
Situations Vacant - Victorian Role Play
How did the Victorians live?
What jobs did their servants do in the house?
Apply for a job at Preston Manor as a servant and find out!
Come dressed as Victorians and take on servants’ duties, both upstairs and downstairs. Our Living History household staff will judge if you are suitable for the job.
“It’s a fantastic learning experience for them, which is impossible to replicate in the classroom!”
“I would like to say a massive thank you for the amazing experience on Friday I truly felt like a real Victorian child looking for a job and I learnt a lot.”
Children spend the whole session in role as Victorians and use real Victorian artefacts in the historic setting of Preston Manor.
Situations Vacant – Victorian role play KS2
Apply for a job as a servant at Preston Manor and come in role, to be shown the tasks of servants by the housekeeper and maids of the manor. Duration 2 hours
Victorian Manor House Activities KS1
Experience Victorian life both upstairs and downstairs and come dressed as a Victorian yourself. Duration 1.5 hours
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