Year 5 have had an enlightening week learning about life in the workhouse for poor people, focusing on a boy called Jim Jarvis from the book 'Street child'. They have learnt about children who didn't have working parents, enough food and an unsupportive society. The biggest question was 'What is gruel?' Mrs Munnelly came up with bright idea of mixing oats with water, the closest we could to gruel without making the children ill! A few were brave enough to try it, bur needless to say they didn't ask for it to be put on the menu at school!
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