Sovereign Hill
This term Year 5 went on camp to…. Sovereign Hill! We went there because this term we are studying the Victorian gold rush. I had a cabin of five, Goldie, Tori, Jaime and Holly. Every cabin had an inspection, to see which was the tidiest. My cabin had a joke that when the teachers came to inspect we would yell “Tori get out of the fridge!!!” Since we had a mini fridge in our room.
Some of my favourite parts were when went to the gold smelting, it was very interesting. In class the girls did sewing which I enjoyed, and writing with the nib. I also think just dressing up and being part of the museum was awesome!
I learnt a fair bit, like what people wore and acted like, that women were very young when they were expected to get married, what differences there were between boys and girls, and much more.
Every class went to a different school, and pretended to be a child from the 1850’s. We were split into different age groups, since I am the tallest in my class I was one of the older students. Because of my teachers great acting, I felt intimidated when you inspected she work, and proud when I did something right. Even though I knew it was acting it felt real.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Sovereign Hill.
What was your favourite camp?
-Sylvie Ferris