Stage 1
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Beautiful waterways...and stinky sewers!
Learn about the Murrumbidgee’s ancient Aboriginal creation story, investigate the Tank Stream under the city of Sydney and travel out to the Museum of the Riverina to hear about caring for waterways
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‘Marking Time’ Together- Make your own Time Capsule!
Taking photos, writing letters, losing objects: just like the sources we study from the past, we all ‘Mark Time’ every day! But how do these become important sources for studying the past?
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How to grow broad beans
Some handy hints to help you look after your broad bean seed after your excursion to Vaucluse House
Virtual Excursion
History Week Virtual Event: Marking Time – How Do We Remember First Contact?
How do different communities remember the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788? Explore ‘Marking Time’ this History Week in our free virtual live event, considering the perspectives on First Contact
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Toys in the past
Let your Stage 1 students explore this 3D mystery object to find out more about games played by children and adults in the past
Onsite
History Adventures at the Barracks
Join us for a one-of-a-kind museum experience, where kids will discover what life was for the convicts at the Hyde Park Barracks!
Virtual Excursion
Voices from the Past - History Week Live Event
What can we learn from the voices from the past? How were people’s lives different? What can we discover when we examine real objects that they used?
Virtual Excursion
Cooking up the past
Discuss how food was grown, stored and cooked in the past, in the 1820s kitchen at historic Vaucluse House
Virtual Excursion
Growing up in the past
Discuss what life was like for rural children in the early 1900s and learn about household chores and technology from the past