Your year 5/6 class will be asked a range of questions focusing on retrieval, vocabulary and inference. Homelessness is the central topic of this grim and gripping novel set in Victorian England, with its snootily authentic atmosphere. But who was Dr Barnardo, what did he achieve in his work with children and young people,, and what is his continuing significance?

So I’ve divided the story synopsis into small sections which I hope will be helpful for classroom work. In many schools ambitious projects involving drama, historical research into the Victorian period, art work and visits to places like Southwell (a Victorian workhouse owned by the National Trust), happen as a result of reading Street Child. Jim’s story begins with his family. His mother is ill and unemployed. Without money they become homeless. She can no longer care for Jim and his two sisters so she visits an old friend looking for someone to take in the girls. When his mother collapses in the street, young Jim Is scared. They are taken to the workhouse where his mother soon dies. Life in the workhouse is brutal and Jim dreams of escaping. He would prefer to try to survive alone on the cold London streets rather than live in the harsh and heartless conditions of the workhouse. Parenthesis is a word, phrase or clause inserted into a sentence to add extra information. When parenthesis is removed, the sentence still makes sense on its own.Jim reminds me of Oliver from Oliver Twist. Even though he's a little more brave and doesn't trust anybody. But the situations were almost same. I couldn't help comparing the two. And I know that Oliver Twist is a classic and this is not but that really didn't matter to me. But something about it doens't seem right. I mean, Jim was always potrayed as a hero and literaly never made a wrong step. But it wasn't much of a problem so I have no idea why it's bothering me. i love this video ebcause it makes me feel i should help the poor and not waste fiid when people out there are poor and hungry In Street Child, Jim tells Dr Barnardo his life story. But he couldn’t possibly tell it all in one go, or Dr Barnardo would have fallen asleep! So let’s pretend that you are Jim, sitting on a stool by a lovely warm fire, and you’re telling your story in real time (rather than novel time). So, as you read each chapter, I suggest you summarise it in just a few sentences. this book is very appealing to children all around the world gets a bit boring but twords the end it gets very exciting I felt sorry for Jim. But I really liked his character. The plot brought out all kind of emotions but mind this, I DID NOT CRY. I don't have much to say for the plot.

Look at the use of similes in the description of the man and woman by the steps. Find other examples. AHard to say. Church charities were more alert to the problems of girls on the streets than they were of boys, so they might well have been taken in to an existing Home and possibly put into service when they were older. Later, Barnardo found a way of including girls in his Homes. Otherwise, I think it may have been the workhouse for them. In Far From Home I try to imagine what might have happened to Emily and Lizzie. The book tells the story of an orphan called Jim Jarvis who as living and working in London in Victorian times. The author based her story on a real boy boy who met Dr Barnardo. The doctor was so upset by the boy’s story & those of others like him that he decided to set up the famous Barnado’s children’s homes.I don’t want to give too much of the story away, as some of you will be planning to read it for the first time. However, I know that for the teachers among you it will be very useful to have a summary that gives a sense of the plot of Street Child so you can plan ahead before presenting it to the children. All authors love to know that their work is being studied in schools in all kinds of ways, and I’m no exception! I thought this was a good book as so many different things happen to the main character and you are willing him to find a kind person who will look after him. It reminds children about hardship and how difficult life can be. Gripping and vivid tale of a destitute child’s life on the streets sent to the workhouse in 1860s London What do the children know about life for poor children in Victorian Britain? Have they read or seen a film version of Oliver Twist? Clarify what a workhouse was and explain how children might have ended up in one. Easy cross curricular links with history- children's place in society, men and women's roles, social classes. Could use this for letter writing from Jim to his sisters.

I really liked the book. I like reading about orphans, and I really liked this story about Jim! What makes this book about an orphan a little more special is that Jim is not in an orphan house. It depends on the day where he sleeps and eats. There are also books where the main character is in an orphan house. The book is mostly situated there. AOnly Jim Jarvis and Dr Barnardo. I don’t know whether Jim had any sisters, or if he knew someone called Rose – they’re all made up.After the meal the man with the hanging head gave Jim a blanket and showed him a room full of shelves and long boxes where all the boys slept.’ P42. the book street child i recomand to children all around the world it is a book about a boy called jim who is a orphan that runs away from the workhouse to find his sisters emily and lizie so all read street child The story ends well with Jim being found by Dr Barnardo who sets up homes for boys and later girls like Jim. Barnardos still does great work with children today. They are taken to the workhouse, where Annie dies. Life in a Victorian workhouse was harsh and hopeless for Jim. Imagine the workhouse school, the workhouse infirmary, the madhouse. London street life Jim Jarvis was a 10-year boy who touched Dr Barnardo's heart and opened his eyes to the suffering experienced by street children. This resulted in the formation of a children's charity, to care and help them grow into good citizens. What were Victorian Workhouses?

Read the harrowing story of Jim Jarvis, an orphan child in Victorian Britain. Life is hard and Jim struggles to make his way and stay out of the workhouse. In the short space of forty years, starting without patronage or influence of any kind, this man had raised the sum of three and a quarter million pounds sterling, established a network of Homes of various kinds such as never existed before for the reception, care and training of homeless, needy and afflicted children, and had rescued no fewer than sixty thousand destitute boys and girls.I stopped reading about workhouses and orphanages long ago. They always give me the creeps. I always feel like giving up but honestly, I've never given up on such books. So I read it. And I finished it. If you also are into reading about orphans and a little tension, I highly recommend this book to you. The workhouse was a place which offered housing and work to people who did not have any. Workhouses were often very large places and were feared by the poor and old. They provided a place to live and work; clothes, food, free medical care and education for children. A brilliant book… incredibly carefully crafted narrative.’Jonny Rodgers of CLPE (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education) on YouTube This is the story of Jim Jarvis, a boy who is orphaned and forced to work in an East London workhouse. Eventually, fearing that his whole life will be spent in the workhouse, Jim decides to escape. The rest of the book follows his journey through London. During this time he tries to find his sisters (who he was separated from when he was put in the workhouse), works for a cruel and abusive man on a coal boat and lives as a ‘street child.’ It is during his time on the streets that he meets Barney (Dr. Barnardo). With the help of Barney Jim is given a second chance as a Barnardo’s child.