Ancient olympics

Shantytown

On the 10 of August the whole school went to Shantytown. We learned about toys and what kids used to play with ages ago. I learned that in 1800 kids used to do what their parents did, like boys would clean chimneys and work rather than play. Girls would clean the house and the girls would try and get really skilled at sewing so a nice rich man would propose to them so they could be rich. They did have some toys like a hoola hoop and a stick and they would have to hit the stick for it to roll. In the 1900 some toys was invented. Like dolls and wooden toys that their father would have to craft them most of these were wood. If you were rich you could have a puppet theater. They had puppet theaters because their parents would go to theaters and the kids would want to go. So they made puppet theaters so the kids could pretend to act. Then later in the 1900 more toys got invented like action figures/ army soldiers and teddys. These days in 2000 we have phones, puzzles, arts and crafts, barbie dolls and more. I really enjoyed Shantytown because we played games. My favorites were Blind man's Bluff, Musical chairs and the hula hoop and stick, I was really good at the hula hoop and stick. I also liked the game where we had to look for stones that were painted gold like nugget (a version of hunt the thimble). We were all in groups, I was in a group with Sara, Harry, Gia, Nevvynn, Lily. I really hope that we go to Shanty own again soon and I have as much fun as I did this time.