Timetable from a girl’s industrial school in Hampton, Middlesex, 1862 (ED 37/199)
Industrial Schools were intended to help those children under 14 years old who were found to be homeless or begging but who had not as yet committed any serious crime. The idea was to remove the child from bad influences, give them an education and teach them a trade. The children either attended the school daily or they were able to live in. The boys learned trades such as gardening, tailoring and shoemaking; the girls learned knitting, sewing, housework and washing.
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| Time Table at the Hampton School of Industry | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9¼ to | 9.45 to 10.15 | 10.15 to 10.45 | 10.45 to | 11.15 to | Mark registers. | ||
| 9.45 | [11.45 error] | 11.15 | 11.45 | Grace and dismiss. | |||
| Monday | Scripture | Arithmetic & tables | Dictation | Secular reading | Spelling | Monday | 11.45 to 12 |
| Tuesday | " " | Dictation | Grammar | Writing | Arithmetic & tables | Tuesday | |
| Wednesday | " " | Spelling | Catechism | Church | Church | Wednesday | |
| Thursday | " " | Arithmetic & tables | Dictation | Secular reading | Spelling | Thursday | |
| Friday | " " | Dictation | Geography | Writing | Arithmetic & tables | Friday | |
| Saturday | " " | Collect | Spelling | Catechism | Liturgy | Saturday | |
| Afternoons | |||||||
| Needle work | |||||||
| Approved by Reverend E. Johnstone, Vicar | |||||||