| The School Program provides hands on experience of past and present life in Australia. Through an enquiry approach children explore a range of sources used by our pioneers. Group activities include:
- Working in a Pioneer Cottage. Children will experience butter making and see how food was cooked and preserved, view a treadle machine and other equipment used by our pioneers
- Laundry methods – washing, starching, soap making, scrubbing boards, water carrying, ironing and mangling
- Grading and packing fruit, chicken farming and egg packing.
- Using hand operated agricultural tools
- Coal mining practices
- Indigenous art activities
- Lesson in a bush school
Watch a clip of the School Activities
School Group Details
Number of Students: minimum 15; maximum 60
Duration of Visit: 10:00am – 1:00pm (3 hours approximately)
Cost per student: $6.60 (inc GST, accompanying adults free)
Children are divided into 6 groups and rotate through 6 varied activities, an adult with each group is appreciated but not essential
The School Program is designed for pupils from Year 1 to Year 6
Preschool groups and High Schools may arrange a separate program
During the pandemic safety features are observed –
all volunteers are double vaccinated; activities are mostly outside; regularly used surfaces are continually cleaned; each group uses sanitiser before a new activity
We recommend that the students eat morning tea on arrival. They are usually hungry and the sessions can then be run uninterrupted.
WHC Risk management Assessment 2023
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