Goldfields: Then & Now: Foundation – Yr 2
📚 About this Excursion
Designed especially for early learners, this engaging, sensory-rich excursion brings the past to life in a way little minds can grasp — and love.
🧑🏫 LEARN
Choose from one of two curriculum-linked sessions:
Then & Now compares life today with life in the 1850s
Exploring the Collection uses real artefacts to uncover stories from the past
🍭 EXPERIENCE
Watch a live Confectionery Demonstration and see how old-fashioned lollies were made — a sweet (and educational) highlight of the day!
🏘️ EXPLORE
Wander through Main Street’s shops and peek inside the historic homes along Speedwell Street, imagining what life was like for children on the goldfields.
🎯 This four-hour excursion is gentle, immersive, and aligned with the Victorian Curriculum. With a strong focus on history, personal development, and critical thinking, it’s a perfect first excursion for curious young minds.
About the Program
📚 About this Excursion
Designed especially for early learners, this engaging, sensory-rich excursion brings the past to life in a way little minds can grasp — and love.
🧑🏫 LEARN
Choose from one of two curriculum-linked sessions:
Then & Now compares life today with life in the 1850s
Exploring the Collection uses real artefacts to uncover stories from the past
🍭 EXPERIENCE
Watch a live Confectionery Demonstration and see how old-fashioned lollies were made — a sweet (and educational) highlight of the day!
🏘️ EXPLORE
Wander through Main Street’s shops and peek inside the historic homes along Speedwell Street, imagining what life was like for children on the goldfields.
🎯 This four-hour excursion is gentle, immersive, and aligned with the Victorian Curriculum. With a strong focus on history, personal development, and critical thinking, it’s a perfect first excursion for curious young minds.
Documents
Questions & Answers
Objectives
Foundation to year 2
Historical knowledge – personal and community histories
VCHHK058
Who the people in their family are, where they were born and raised, and how they are related to each other.
VCHHK059
Differences in family structures of families and the role of family groups today, and what they have in common and how these have changed or remained the same over time
VCHHK060
How the present, past and future are signified by terms indicating and describing time.
VCHHK061
Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and perspectives of life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications.
VCHHK062
How they, their family, friends and communities commemorate past events that are important to them.
VCHHK063
The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past.
VCHHK064
The significance today of an historical site of cultural or spiritual importance.
VCHHK065
The effect of changing technology on people’s lives and their perspectives on the significance of that change.
Foundation to year 2
Historical concepts and skills
VCHHC053
Sequence significant events about personal and family history to create a chronological narrative.
VCHHC054
Use historical sources to identify and compare features of the past and present.
VCHHC055
Identify perspectives about changes to daily life from the past to the present.
VCHHC056
VCHHC056: Identify and describe important dates and changes in the local community.
VCHHC057
Describe the significance of a person or site in the local community.