SCHOOL EXCURSION PROGRAMS FOR PRIMARY
Monday 23rd March, 2020: Due to recent government announcements, Q Station will cease education programs until the Department of Health deems it safe to do so. We look forward to welcoming students back to our historic site at a later date.
At Q Station we believe that children learn by doing. The educational school excursions for Primary children are focused on an exploration of the Quarantine Station site.
Meaning-making for these primary students comes through interaction with the place of the Quarantine Station, exploring the natural and built environment, handling artefacts, following paths of migration on large maps, experiencing past technologies, interacting with primary sources, playing games and hearing stories.
All of Q Station’s school excursion programs have significant links to the NSW and Australian National Curriculum across multiple subject areas, however these are also able to be customised to meet particular needs of the group. Contact the Education Program Manager on 02 9466 1551 or H8773-CR5@accor.com to discuss school excursion ideas for your class.
At Q Station we believe that children learn by doing. The educational school excursions for Primary children are focused on an exploration of the Quarantine Station site.
Meaning-making for these primary students comes through interaction with the place of the Quarantine Station, exploring the natural and built environment, handling artefacts, following paths of migration on large maps, experiencing past technologies, interacting with primary sources, playing games and hearing stories.
All of Q Station’s school excursion programs have significant links to the NSW and Australian National Curriculum across multiple subject areas, however these are also able to be customised to meet particular needs of the group. Contact the Education Program Manager on 02 9466 1551 or H8773-CR5@accor.com to discuss school excursion ideas for your class.
kids in quarantine
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Stage 1: Discovering why the Quarantine Station remains a significant site. Students will love the immersive learning experience with hands on artefacts and becoming historical detectives as they hunt for clues of the past in the present. Includes activities Nature Sculptures and Hands On Artefacts. Includes themes of the past in the present , changes in technology and the importance of a historical site.
Stage 2: Reflect on the nature and consequence of first contact between Aboriginal people and the early European settlers in Sydney Harbour. Unpack suitcases to connect with the past and gain an understanding of what life was like for migrants. Includes activity Unpacking Suitcases and addresses themes of first contacts, considers the Aboriginal perspective and changes over time at the Quarantine Station. Stage 3: Who were the people who came to Australia via the Quarantine Station? Discover stories of migration and the impact of settlement on Aboriginal people in the local area. Includes activities Unpacking Suitcases and Wharf Exploration; and focuses on themes within the Australian colonies, Australia as a nation and 19th & 20th century migration topics. Additional activities are available for $2.50 per student. To see specific curriculum links and addressed topics, download the Primary Education Kit. |
Stages: 1 – 3
Duration: 2.5 hours Capacity: 15 – 150 students Price: $17.50 per student |
geo explore at q
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Focus on the richness of place at the former Quarantine Station; explore why this national park site is perceived to be significant the interconnections of humans to this environment and how we protect it, and how Australia has become connected to other countries throughout its history. Students will love practising their geographical fieldwork skills through mapping and data collection.
All stages include Sensory Reflections, Mapping Our Visit and Hoop Study activities. Stage 1 students participate in nature sculptures whilst stage 2 and 3 utilise this time to create a compass rose on the beach. Themes: geographical skills- mapping and fieldwork , the significance of place and environment and links to curriculum course content in units: Features of places, People and places, Places are similar and different, the Earth’s environment, factors that shape places and a diverse and connected world. Additional activities are available for $2.50 per student. To see specific curriculum links and inquiry questions addressed, download the Primary Education Kit. |
Stages: 1 – 3
Duration: 2 hours Capacity: 15 – 150 students Price: $17.50 per student |
GHOST BOY
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Bring Felicity Pulman's book to life; discuss the representation of characters, settings and events in this imaginative text. Whilst learning about the differences between Tad's world of the 1880s small pox epidemic and our own. Students will enjoy visiting key locations from the text and will have the opportunity to create their own inscription. Includes activity Making Your Mark.
Themes: Speaking and listening, thinking imaginatively, creatively and interpretively (stage 2 and stage 3), first contacts, the Australian colonies and applying skills of historical inquiry. Additional activities are available for $2.50 per student. To see specific curriculum links and inquiry questions addressed, download the Primary Education Kit. |
Stages: 2 – 4
Duration: 2 hours Capacity: 15 – 150 students Price: $17.50 per student |
40 DAYS
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What if you were quarantined tomorrow? The original length of time people were quarantined for was 40 days. This interactive experience focuses on the period of Spanish Influenza (1918 – 1919) at the Quarantine Station and invites students to imagine life as a passenger of the RMS Niagara as they undertook the process of quarantine and contrast it with what would happen if there were an outbreak of disease in Sydney today.
Themes: Australia as a nation, interprets and conveys dramatic meaning, thinking and listening thinking imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically. For specific curriculum links addressed, download the Primary Education Kit. |
Stage: 3
Duration: 2 hours Capacity: 15 – 50 students Price: $17.50 per student |
