During our drama workshop, we learned about Florence Nightingale and what life was like in Victorian times. We used drama to explore different objects and moments from Victorian life. We enjoyed making freeze frames of things like steam trains and acting out Queen Victoria’s Coronation. We discovered that people lived very differently and that hospitals were not clean or safe like they are today.

We pretended to be Florence and the nurses she worked with. We learned how Florence trained to be a nurse and how she helped to care for sick people. Through drama, we explored what Florence found when she went to Scutari and how she cleaned the hospital and helped the soldiers feel safe and cared for.

We also learned what Florence did after Scutari and how her hard work changed hospitals for the better. We now know that Florence Nightingale is remembered for helping others and for changing the way people care for the sick, and that her legacy is still important today.