The 4T students were nowhere to be seen on Monday, in their place were dirty, untrustworthy First Fleet convicts! During the day, the convicts participated in many different activities.
The convicts, smiling on a rare occasion!
They completed water colour paintings of their ship, re-enacted scenes from the 18th century and created their own love tokens. Outside on Cluny, students mapped out the actual size of one of the First Fleet ships. Safe to say we were all mystified as to how they fit so many convicts on ships that were not that big!
In the afternoon, the convicts were relieved from their duties for a short time to share their expertly written convict diaries and other learnings throughout the term with the free settlers (parents). Some convicts were even sentenced on the spot by a special guest appearance, Magistrate Mitchell himself!
Be sure to check out the individual student blogs for their own recounts of Convict Day.
What is the most interesting thing you learnt about convicts?
“Goodmorning M’am.”
“I’ve got the scurvey!”
“Watch out for them giant rabbits!”
The 4T students were nowhere to be seen on Monday, in their place were dirty, untrustworthy First Fleet convicts! During the day, the convicts participated in many different activities.
4T Convicts
They learnt calligraphy, re-enacted scenes from the 18th century and created their own love tokens. Outside on Cluny, students mapped out the actual size of one of the First Fleet ships. Safe to say we were all mystified as to how they fit so many convicts on ships that were not that big!
A variety of activities throughout the day
In the afternoon, the convicts were relieved from their duties for a short time to share their expertly written convict diaries and other learnings throughout the term with the free settlers (parents). Some convicts were even sentenced on the spot by Magistrate Mitchell.
Our Meet the Convict Afternoon
Be sure to check out the individual student blogs for their own recounts of Convict Day.
What is the most interesting thing you learnt about convicts?
After a term of questioning, researching, clarifying, publishing and presenting, our First Contacts Integrated Unit has come to an end.
During the unit we explored the following questions:
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Why did the great journeys of exploration occur?
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What was life like for the Indigenous Australian people before the arrival of the Europeans?
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Why did the Europeans settle in Australia?
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What was the nature and consequence of contact between the Indigenous Australian people and early traders, explorers and settlers?
We even researched our own family history to learn our own immigration stories. Watch our video to see the origins of our families and the year they arrived in Australia.
4T’s 2017 Immigration story
What is your family’s immigration story and what was their reason?
“Goodmorning M’am.”
“I’ve got the scurvey!”
“Watch out for them giant rabbits!”
The 4T students were nowhere to be seen on Monday, in their place were dirty, untrustworthy First Fleet convicts! During the day, the convicts participated in many different activities.
4T First Fleet Convicts
They learnt calligraphy, studied old objects, were in a race against the clock to build a structure for the colony and mapped out the actual size of one of the First Fleet convict ships, the Friendship on Cluny. Some convicts were even sentenced on the spot by Magistrate Mitchell.
Convict Day activities
In the afternoon, the convicts were relieved from the duties for a short time to share their expertly written convict diaries and other learnings throughout the term with the free settlers (parents).
Meet the Convict Open Afternoon
Check out the individual student blogs for their own recounts of Convict Day.
What is the most interesting thing you learnt about convicts?
