Home School Programs at the WA Shipwrecks and WA Maritime Museums The Education Team for the WA Maritime Museum and WA Shipwrecks Museum would like to thank all the Perth Home School students who have visited the Museums on a group program or who have visited the exhibitions independently. We have set up this page where we will list upcoming sessions of our education programs which we are making available for home school students. Each family can then register their participating student(s) independently. Conveners of Home School Networks you are welcome to discuss with the Education Team about running a session at a date and time suitable for your group. A few things to note when booking a place: We are unable to issue refunds for non-attendance, however you can transfer your place to another home school student. The programs are delivered at the Year level indicated and this is based on the skills and abilities of students and also the curriculum. We do not recommend attendance by students more than a year either side. Students are supervised by our Education Team during the facilitated components of the program. Parents with younger children are encouraged to visit the Museum or the Esplanade Playground to minimise disruption. The self-guided component of the programs are delivered by the parents. Current Home School Programs de Vlamingh's Journey: Exploring the Evidence (Year 4) Willem de Vlamingh's ships, with black swans, at the entrance to the Swan River, Western Australia, coloured engraving (1796), derived from an earlier drawing (now lost) Year Group: Year 4 Date: Friday 4 December Time: 11am - 12pm. Bookings Essential Cost: $7.50 per student Duration: 60 - 120 minutes (approx) Maximum students: 32 per session (minimum 12 to run session) Travel back through the centuries to the height of the Dutch spice trade era. Join the fleet of Willem de Vlamingh as he explores the coast of the ‘Southland’, searching for lost ships, making maps, collecting natural specimens, and leaving behind what became one of the most famous objects in the Shipwrecks Museum’s collection. This interactive experience will give students the chance to handle plenty of authentic props before they explore the Museum to examine the real historical evidence of this journey. de Vlamingh’s Journey: Exploring the Evidence is a new two-part, 120 minute, curriculum-linked package that immerses your students throughout our galleries and in a separate activity room that has been specifically developed for school groups. Students participating in this program will: Learn about the important missions that Willem de Vlamingh was tasked with for his journey to the Southland (Western Australia). Participate in engaging role-play activities which highlight the challenges and achievements of exploration in the 17th Century. Recreate some of the exchanges of goods and ideas that took place in the Age of Exploration. Discover whether contact was made with the local Aboriginal people and discuss the implications of ‘first contacts’. You can choose the do the self-guided trail before or after the facilitated session. Please allow yourself 45-60 minutes to complete. Download and print the trail at home. Download the de Vlamingh's Journey Self-Guided Museum Exploration Find out more about de Vlamingh's Journey on the Learning Resource page Book a place in the de Vlamingh's Journey Home School session Strangers on the Shore (Year 5) Year Group: Year 5 Date: Monday 14 September Time: 10am - 11am. Bookings Essential Cost: $7.50 per student Duration: 60 - 120 minutes (approx) Maximum students: 32 per session (minimum 12 to run session) Relive the experience of the Swan River Colony's first European settlers. Learn about the challenges that new colonial arrivals faced trying to establish secure shelter and food. Consider survival, priorities, and planning as students build a makeshift shelter where the first colonial camp might have been. Reflect on the impact their arrival had on the local environment and the Aboriginal peoples who have lived here for tens of thousands of years. Students participating in this program will: Walk down to the beach close to where some of the early colonial settlers arrived. View some native coastal plants used by Noongar people. Build a mock tent as part of a simulated ‘fresh arrival’ experience. Examine some clothing, objects and food available to early colonial settlers. Reflect on the impact of European arrival on the traditional way of life of Wadjuk Noongar people. You can choose the do the self-guided trail before or after the facilitated session. Please allow yourself 45-60 minutes to complete. Download and print the trail at home. Download the Strangers on the Shore Self-Guided Museum Exploration - 5MB Find out more about Strangers on the Shore on the Learning Resource page Book a place in the Strangers on the Shore Home School session