SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Living history project as Pen Mill celebrates 120 years

THE Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy in Yeovil has been turning back the clock to help celebrate its 120th birthday.

The school held Victorian-style lessons on Friday (May 1, 2015) and dressed in period costume for the day.

The children cooked Victorian recipes and held a birthday party on the school field accompanied by music from Bucklers Mead Academy band.

PHOTO - TOP: Children and staff dressed in Victorian-style costume held a 120th birthday party on the school field last Friday. Photo courtesy of Pen Mill.

PHOTO - RIGHT: Woodwork lessons - Victorian style! Photo courtesy of Pen Mill.

During the term the children visited a Victorian School and researched the history to when Pen Mill School was opened.

The Pen Mill Elementary School, as it was originally called, was built in St Michael’s Avenue and opened in 1895.

It was a boarding school and was built to accommodate an increasing population on the eastern side of Yeovil. It had accommodation for 270 children with boys and girls taught in separate classes.

PHOTOS: All courtesy of Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy.

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