On Monday we were visited by a lady from Beamish who came to work with us on our topic about the Victorians. We had lots of tasks to do to gather evidence about a miner called James Harris who travelled from Cornwall to Cramlington during Victorian times. We had to use rubbings of his gravestone and census records to fit together the pieces of his life and were able to see some of the tools he would have used in the mine. Two days later, we went to Beamish and had a Victorian style lesson in the school. We had to sit with straight backs and call the teacher Ma'am. After that we went down the mine to see what life was like for James Harris and visited the miner's cottages. We spent the afternoon looking around the town. It was a fantastic day out and everyone enjoyed seeing the Victorian times come to life!

Children working alongside the lady from Beamish.