Teddy Time: Journeys at Sea

In Teddy Time, students bring their teddy or other stuffed toy to the museum to explore what it was like to travel to Australia by sea in the past.

The session begins with an interactive story time (featuring Opal from our animated Opal Wonders series) in which students are encouraged to ask questions about the past, sort information and use time language to compare travel long ago with travel today.

Students then bring their stuffed toys along in a series of play-based learning activities that represent life on board a ship in the past, including:

preparing a meal from rations
having a visit from the ship’s doctor
getting ready for bed
writing a postcard home
playing deck games

Through discussion, sorting activities and collaborative play, students compare past and present travel, consider what a long sea journey may have felt like for travellers, and build early skills in historical thinking and communication.

Note: This program operates the most smoothly when supported by adults, preferably at a ratio of one adult to every five children.

Curriculum

Foundation HASS

AC9HSFK01 – the people in their family, where they were born and raised, and how they are related to each other
AC9HSFS01 – pose questions about familiar objects, people, places and events
AC9HSFS03 – share a perspective on information, such as stories about significant events and special places

Year 1 HASS

AC9HS1K02 – continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods
AC9HS1S03 – interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present
AC9HS1S04 – discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events

Year 2 HASS

AC9HS2K02 – how technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and in the ways they worked, travelled and communicated
AC9HS2S01 – develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and presen
AC9HS2S03 – interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present
AC9HS2S04 – discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events

Booking Information

Years: R-2
Duration: 1 hour
Session times:10:00 am, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm
Maximum group size: 30 per session
Teacher to student ratio: 1:6 for Preschool to Year 2

School excursions and programs pricing	Cost per student	Equity cost per student*
Entry + Teddy Time: Journeys at Sea program	$11.00	$ 8.00
Entry + Teddy Time: Journeys at Sea + Ketch Talk	$13.50	$10.00
*Available for government category 1 – 4, rural, and regional schools