hat teachers and students say 2012

Risley Avenue Primary School, 1 May 2012

‘Polly said that Benjamin Franklin used to stay in this room to write letters, because it has big windows and most of the sunlight can come into the room’ Ola, 9 years old

‘I learnt about Benjamin Franklin and he invented the lightning rod, and put them on roofs, so when the lightning hits a house, it won’t damage it, and the rod sucks the electricity to the ground’ Osama, 10 years old

St Jude and St Paul's Primary School , 24 April 2012

‘I found Benjamin Franklin's House really good. It's nice and big, and I've learnt a lot about him today’ Iman, 10 years old

‘I liked finding out that the shallower the water is, the slower the boat will go’ Shubna, 11 years old

‘The thing I loved about Benjamin Franklin House was when we did all the activities, and I learnt a lot’ Ronica, 10 years old

Lovelace Primary School, 27 March 2012

‘I enjoyed dressing up and putting on the skeleton bones on us, and I learnt more of Benjamin Franklin’s inventions’ Ben, 11 years old

‘I never knew Benjamin Franklin came to England’ Lucas, 10 years old

‘I enjoyed the lighting rod most because it was exciting’ Serena,107 years old

Frittenden CE Parish School , 27 March 2012

‘This place is really nice and most of it is actually kept from the Georgian times and when Benjamin Franklin was actually here... ’ Mikey, 8 years old Hear this quote

‘We learnt lots about Mr Franklin’s inventions and how he lived during the Georgian times’ Benjamin, 10 years old Hear this quote

Sheringdale Primary School, 20 March 2012

‘I learnt where all the bones go in the body’ Claudia, 7 years old

‘I learnt that Benjamin Franklin didn’t use candles or lights, he used the daylight to see everything’ Arden, 7 years old

Roman Road Primary, 6 March 2012

‘What I liked about the House is Franklin’s room because the room has a nice view and the balcony is designed’ Ian, 9 years old

‘What I like about this house is that it’s big and it’s fun’ Rajid, 10 years old

‘I had fun playing games and being dressed up and dressing up people as skeletons....  I found it fun when I played the mini games on the computer because it’s fascinating and it wasn’t boring, because mostly I used to think school trips were boring and we were just going to talk to people and stuff like that but it was fun!’ Asharti, 10 years old

‘I really liked meeting Polly and the things she was telling us about, especially the embarrassing bits’ Rachel, 10 years old

‘I liked the canal test because it was really interesting when the water got higher and the boat went faster, so that was really good’ Taylor, 10 years old

TASIS, 28 February 2012

‘I think the Benjamin Franklin house is really fun, with the characters and learning about Ben Franklin’ Sarah, 10 years old

‘I enjoyed learning about Ben Franklin and what he did’ Peighton, 9 years old

‘My favourite part was doing the experiments with lightning ’ Sophia, 9 years old

‘I really really enjoyed Polly, it was very interesting to hear about these times from a real person’ Caroline, 10 years old

‘I really enjoyed walking round the house, it really made me feel like I was in the 18th Century’ Anna, 10 years old

Lovelace Primary, 7 February 2012

‘I really wonder if there are any more bones around the house’ Poppy, 10 years old

‘I'm really quite peculiar about the ghosts in here, if there are any. I mean there might be’ Callum, 11 years old

‘I really liked Polly’s accent; it was very posh’ Louise, 11 years old

Holt Home School Group, 31 January 2012

‘I thought this house was brilliant’ Molly, 8 years old

‘I though that Polly was really fun and I really enjoyed it’ Hannah, 9 years old

‘I thought Polly did a great job of teaching us about Benjamin Franklin and the house’ Luke, 11 years old

Carlton Primary School, 31 January 2012

‘I liked the part when we was playing the games’ Katie, 8 years old

‘I really liked this house because it’s fun’ Zara, 8 years old

‘I think the house is very nice and crooked’ Kayleigh, 9 years old

‘I think the house was beautiful’ Sophia, 9 years old

‘I was very shocked when I learnt that only rich people were allowed to go to school and poor people had to go...home’ Ursa, 8 years old

‘The thing I found most interesting was that Britain owned America’ Aninah, 8 years old

St. James's Primary School, 17 January 2012

‘The bit I find most interesting was that they used to wear wigs’ Lola, 7 years old

‘I [now] know that only electricity would go through metal’ Ethan, 6 years old

‘I [now] know that Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father of America’ Charlie, 6 years old

Millenium Primary School, 10 January 2012

‘My best bit was learning that Franklin was environmentally friendly’ Dylan, 10 years old

‘Most interesting was that Benjamin Franklin went swimming in the Thames’ Blue, 10 years old

‘I found the bones under the floor most interesting’ Aaron, 8 years old

‘The best invention he made was the lightning rod’ Blue, 10 years old

‘My favourite invention was the glass Armonica’ Ross, 10 years old

‘I really liked the fact that Polly thought we were time travellers from 2012, it was really cool’ Adam, 11 years old

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