ED1231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Australian Curriculum, Fremantle Prison, Shipwreck
Humanities
Lecture Three – Week Three
Maritime Museum Excursion
- Please visit website
o http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime/newmm/newmm.asp
o http://www.fremantlewa.com.au/accom_result1/shipwreck-galleries/
- Cost of excursion is $5.00
o Take excursion notes to venue to record relevant information.
o This will be an opportunity to be involved in an excursion first hand and to experience all the aspects
of taking children to this venue.
o This knowledge will assist you in planning an excursion in the tutorial tomorrow
What is it?
- An excursion is any student-learning activity conducted off the site of the school, at which the student is
enrolled, that is organised or managed by a member of teaching staff.
- Department of education
Benefits?
- Hands on experience
- Primary information
Where can we go?
- Local community
- Newspapers in Education
- Electoral Commission
- Parliament House
- Synergy
- Lakes
- Swamps
- Herdsmen Lake
- Parks
- SciTech
- Museums:
o Ship wreck Museum- Cliff St
o Maritime Museum
o Fremantle Prison
o WA museum
o Early childhood museum
- Beach
- Shopping centres
- Post office
- Fire station
- Police station
Procedures
- The principal must authorise a teacher to be in charge of an excursion and approve the management plan for
the excursion
- Assess Risks
o The teacher in charge is to conduct a risk analysis of the: Environment
- Develop a system of identifying excursion participants
o The teacher in charge is to decide on a suitable system of identification for excursion participants
▪ Systems for identifying students include the wearing of:
• School shirts, uniforms
• School hats
• Name tags
• Armbands
- Provide information and seek consent
o Parent /guardian consent is required for all excursions
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Document Summary
An excursion is any student-learning activity conducted off the site of the school, at which the student is enrolled, that is organised or managed by a member of teaching staff. Museums: ship wreck museum- cliff st, maritime museum, fremantle prison, wa museum, early childhood museum. The principal must authorise a teacher to be in charge of an excursion and approve the management plan for the excursion. Assess risks: the teacher in charge is to conduct a risk analysis of the: environment. Provide information and seek consent: parent /guardian consent is required for all excursions. Information but be provided to enable them to make informed decisions about their children"s participation: this information should include. Develop communication strategies: excursion management planning must include the development of a communication strategy that enables regular communication amongst all members of the groups, this strategy must clearly identify a signal for gaining the full group"s attention.
