Chapter 2: LIfe in Tudor Times (What were the school’s like? // How did people have fun in Tudor times?)

Wealthy children

went to grammar school

Grammar schools

Taught Latin, Greek grammar

Latin

Used by businessmen and merchants

Bunbury Grammar School

Opened in 1594

School rules

Tudor school were very strict

The birch

A bundle of birch twigs, used to hit children

A portrait

A painting of a king, queen or founder of the school, displayed in classroom

Printed books

Students own Bible

Girls in school

Allowed until they’re 9, had to learn English, some educated at home

Children studying

Wrote with a quill pen, read out from hornbook

Teacher

All men, very strict

Toys

Balls, spinning tops, hoops, used at break times

Cost

Books for 1 year cost over £10, about same salary teachers earned each year

Quill pen

Pen made from feather; dipped in ink to write

Hornbook

Flat double-sided paddle, shapped like a table-tennis bat; used for students to read and write

Fun in Tudor Times

• Go to public executions

• Shin-hacking

• Bet on blood sport

• Watch strolling players

• Join football match

• Cudgels

• Go to fair

Public executions

Loved to see criminal’s face expressions when being hanged or beheaded

Shin-hacking

2 people took turns to kick each other, last person standing wins

Blood sports

Bear or bull tied to a post, attacked by a pack of dogs

Strolling players

Group of actors, joined by acrobats, jugglers, musicians, puppeteers, special theatres was built for them

Football match

Village or town take on another, get the ball to the centre of the other village wins

Cudgels

2 people, took turns to hit each other with a heavy stick, last one standing wins

Fair

Large noisy market full of goods to buy, food to eat, entertainment to watch or join with.

Entertainment in the fair

Fire-eaters, tightrope walkers, sword-fighting, dog racing

Unpleasant, cruel, illegal entertainments

Shin-hacking, cudgels, blood sports, going to executions