Fremantle Prison Excursion Emily Boyle and Meighan O’Connor

COST
Fremantle Prison is the perfect spot for your $10 per student
classroom's next excursion. $15 per adult
As the school is based in Fremantle, it is important
for students to understand their local history. EXCURSION PLAN
Fremantle prison provides a range of different tours Location Fremantle Prison: 1 The Terrace,
that are hands-on for the students and are directed Fremantle
by experts. Some of the tour guides even used to
Cicerellos: 44 Mews Rd, Fremantle
work in the prison when it was still open!
Every single staff member that works there is so Date 21.10.2018
passionate about the place and it's really good for Cost $10 (Includes entry to Fremantle
the students to see that.
Fremantle prison offer great deals for groups of Prison and lunch)
school students and even provides a whole range of Travel Walking
activities for the classroom that can be completed
Arrangements
before and after the excursion.
An excursion at Fremantle Prison is very easy to Time Students to will leave school
cater into the curriculum for all year levels as it is 9:45am and return to school at
exploring important Australian history.
2:05pm
CURRICULUM LINKS Itinerary 8:50am: Students arrive to school
As part of the Humanities and Social Science 9:45am: Students leave for
program at Fremantle Primary School, the year 4
students will be learning about stories of the First Fremantle Prison
Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who 10:00am: Students arrive at
travelled to Australia, and their experiences following
Fremantle Prison
arrival (e.g. treatment of convicts, daily lives, social
order) (ACHASSK085). 10:15am – 11:15am: Modern and
This excursion to Fremantle Prison is going to give Convict tour
the students a first hand experience of what it was
like to be a convict and how different prisoners are 11:15am: Morning Tea
treated compared to today. 11:45am – 12:45pm: Convict
History tour
Additionally, students will also be looking at the
natural resources (e.g. water, timber, minerals) 12:45am: Walk to Cicerellos
provided by the environment and different views on 1:10pm – 2:00pm: Lunch at
how they can be used sustainably (ACHASSK090). Cicerellos and Play at Esplanade
Students will look in depth it to how the prison was
built all those years ago, how they would have Park
sourced all of the materials to build such a large 2:00pm: Leave for school
structure and exactly what sustainable materials
2:05pm: Return to School
were used.
Special Items/ Labelled water bottle and hat.
The students will also be learning about he nature of Clothing Students to wear school sports
contact between Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait
Islander Peoples and others (e.g. the Macassans, uniform.
Europeans) and the impact that these interactions Contact Details If you have any questions or
and colonisation had on the environment and queries, please email me or call the
people's lives (e.g. dispossession, dislocation, the
loss of lives through conflict, disease, loss of food school administration office on (08)
sources and medicines) (ACHASSK086). 9335 3647
Throughout the term the students will be looking into
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and
their first relations with settlers. They will explore SUPERVISION
some of the horrible ways they were treated and how Fremantle Prison requires one supervisor per 10
a large number of them were imprisoned for trying to students (these supervisors get entry for free)
have equal rights in a place they homed first.
LUNCH
The students will get to have lunch at Cicerellos at
the Fremantle esplanade.
For lunch there are four options:
- Fish basket
- Fish strips
- Chicken strips
- Pineapple fritters
They will also be provided with a juice box
This cost is included in the overall excursion cost.
There are rubbish bins available around the
esplanade and the students will have time to play on
the playground.
ACCESS
Fremantle Prison does not have very good access
for wheelchair bound people. Luckily we have no
one in our group to consider, however if you do, this
venue might not be the best idea.
TRANSPORT
Walking:
Fremantle Primary School is a 5-minute walk to
Fremantle Prison.
Extra care will need to be taken with students
crossing roads.
PRE-EXCURSION ACTIVITIES
- Role Play
Students watch the following video about the
first fleet,
http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/19
57482/and discuss how it may have felt being
a child convict. The teacher will give the
students a series of situations and the
students will act as the convicts.
- News Story
Students use iMovie to create a news story
about life as a convict, including how convicts
travelled to Australia, why they travelled to
Australia, what they did once they arrived
and the responsibilities.
- Picture Analysis
Students will analyse the following picture of
a convict style cell in Fremantle Prison and
answer a series of questions related to the
picture that can be found at
http://fremantleprison.com/aumedia/1153/fp-
convict-history-teacher-resources.pdf
- Hot Seat
The teacher will change into a historically
appropriate prop costume and then return to
the classroom in character as an ex-convict
who has enjoyed relative success in their
post-prison life. The teacher will provide
background information and facilitate
discussion.
- Convict Rules Vs. School Rules
Students will list the convict rules and identify
whether equivalent rules exist within their
school. Students will go outside of the
classroom and will begin a mundane task.
Other students will be acting as the
‘administrators’ to watch over the convict
students and enforce convict rules. The
teacher will then facilitate a group discussion
about how the rules.
POST-EXCURSION ACTIVITIES
- Letter to Family
Students will write a letter to their families as
if they were a convict themselves.
- Interview
Students will work in groups of three to
create a video using iMovie, of a interview
with a convict. One student will pretend to be
a convict and other students will ask a series
of questions about the convict’s experiences.
- Fremantle Prison Recount
Students will write an informative recount
about their experiences to Fremantle Prison.
Students must include the date and time of
the excursion, how they travelled to
Fremantle Prison, their thoughts when they
arrived to the prison, what they did/saw
during the excursion and their favourite part
of the excursion.
- Escape Plan
Students will work in groups come up with an
escape plan that a convict might have used
to try and escape the prison.
- Escape Proof Cell
Students are to design an escape proof cell
for Moondyne Joe that would hold him once
and for all.
REFERNCES
ABC Education. (2014). First Fleet. Retrieved
from
http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media
/1957482/
Luke Donegan. (n.d.) Fremantle Prison’s Key to
Knowledge. Convict Hisotry Teachers
Resource. Retrieved from
http://fremantleprison.com.au/media/1153
/fp-convict-history-teacher-resources.pdf
School Curriculum and Standards Authority.
(2014). Humanities and Social Sciences
– Year 4. Retrieved from
https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/t
eaching/curriculum-browser/humanities-
and-social-sciences#year-4-syllabus
Fremantle Prison. (2018). Schools and Groups.
Retrieved from
http://fremantleprison.com.au/schools-
groups/
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