The Hard Road Ahead was a really fun unit filled with challenges, PLA’s and learning. We went to Sovereign Hill, made dioramas, newspapers and we are reading a book in class about the Gold Rush.
For our diorama project, I built the New York Bakery and the Eureka Stockade. The New York Bakery is a large building on the Main Street. It is well known known for their delicious devonshire tea. The New York Bakery caters for many including school children. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to many. The New York Bakery is one of the most popular places to eat.
We had to make an article that would make the front page of our own newspaper. We got a big piece of paper and made that our front cover. As well as the article we wrote, we had to make other things to fill up the spaces. I created a word search and some fake advertising. It was fun but also challenging because you had to think of things to put on your newspaper.
Some of my highlights were making the diorama and experiencing the challenges that you encountered along the way. The first few lessons were hard to communicate and get a move on with our dioramas.
I had to use collaboration and communication because my partner and I had to work out what we would be doing each making session. We also had to use imagination because your building had to be really creative and it tested your imagination skills
In week two of term three the year 5’s went to Sovereign Hill for two nights. We have been learning about the Gold Rush in class and we went to Sovereign Hill to get a visual in our minds about what it looked and felt like in the 1850’s. While we were there, each class was apart of a school program. We dressed up like children from back then and learned like them too. I have to be honest, I didn’t really like the costumes but it was all part of the experience. My highlights were the mine tours, panning for gold, the school program and the sound and light show.
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