Year 5 Goldfields Incursion

Year 5 blasted back into the Australian Gold Rush in 1854. We dressed up as miners and other people during the time of the Gold Rush. We got to participate in various activities to earn shillings and to get our mining licence. On the day the Joes came and arrested diggers for not having their licences with them! They needed to go to "gaol". Hopefully next time they will all know how important it is to keep their miners licence on them. We also did some of the games they did such as ring toss, marble games and hula hoops and we even mined for gold! 

We got to make damper which traditionally went on the fire, it was delicious! We had jam and butter and it made our damper 10x better! There was one activity we all abominated which was……. NEEDLE WORK! We had to put it through a corner, tie a knot and then knit through each hole again and again and again!

We had such a good day learning about the Goldfields!

- Scarlett, Ariana, Elijah, Amelia, Isaac and Nicholas from the MY Social Media team

Watch the video of the fantastic and fun filled day here or at our SFCC Youtube site https://youtu.be/0FKOJW14EBU