Scrub a dub dub!

This week in P1 & 2 our key question is- HOW DO WE USE WATER? We are thinking about all of the ways in which we use water at home and school.

Today we looked at how we washed clothes in the past when there were no washing machines. A very kind member of the public lent to us a mangle, washboard and some tin baths. So we took a trip back in time and took a wee walk down to the river to wash our clothes! Using some soap (which did not enter the river water) and a washboard we scrubbed some items of clothing. It was very hard work!

Back at school we put the wet clothing through a mangle to get rid of some of the excess water. This too was very hard work. We then hung the clothes on a washing line.

Tomas said 'it is much easier to live nowadays.' Olivia said ' using the washboard was really hard work'.