The children we very excited to be on the bus and going to visit 'the old place' was also a very exciting concept for them.
We started the excursion with a 15 minute video about the history of Wonnerup House to which we found out that the whole community burnt down and had to be rebuilt!
We then set off in our groups with our wonderful parent helpers and started to explore the amazing grounds. We visited The Main House, The Black Smith shop, The Stables, The Dairy Kitchen and finally (and a personal) favourite The old School House. The children loved learning about all the olden day things like the wash board, the chamber pot, the Grandfather clock and many more!
The children absolutely loved looking at all the different things that the children in the past had encounter. The cane was one of the more fascinating features and the simple teachers house just metres away from the school was also an interesting facet to look at. One of the children commented 'Wow the teacher must have gotten bored here' was a priceless moment during the excursion. I'm sure that that would have been the least of her worries :)
We then had our lunch and participated in a variety of olden day games including cricket, quoits, hoola hooping, skipping and good old fashioned hide and seek. The sun came out throughout the day and some of the Mum's loved sun baking and catching a glimpse of that Spring sun.
It was an absolutely wonderful day and it wouldn't have been possible without the help of our wonderful parents: Carolyn, Michelle, Sally, Sean, Julian and Suthawan.
The children had a wonderful time learning about children in the 'Olden Days'.
Miss Prowse
