Activity 1 - 1878 classroom lesson
Students experience the features of school life in the late 1800s. They participate in a traditional lesson that includes strict rules, writing on slate and a cane wielding teacher.
Activity 2 - Games from the past
Students compare features of play that have changed over time by engaging with a variety of games from the past including marbles, hoops and traditional indigenous games.
Activity 3 - Transport including a traditional bark canoe
Students see first hand how transport has changed over time at Sackville North. They will have the opportunity to engage with a traditionally made bark canoe made by Aboriginal knowledge holders and local Aboriginal students, and a boat constructed in the late 1800s used to transport students to school.
Activity 4 - Interactive story with cultural objects
Students explore a variety of Aboriginal cultural objects as they listen to the interactive story of Doris (a fictional local Dharug girl and student at the Sackville North Public School) and her dilemma.
