October is super busy with all of the kids coming to the Museum from Arrowtown school to help celebrate their 150th!

Arrowtown School first opened in 1863, a year after gold was discovered in the Arrow River. This first school was a small wooden building with just one room for the whole school!

Students from different year levels will experience a different range of activities to truly understand how learning has changed and developed since 1863.

Year 0 - 2 students will experience Miss Gray at her worst, followed by a Museum visit

Year 3 - 4 students will get a short lesson with Miss Gray, with old school games and some quote readings of old Arrowtown school students

Year 5 - 6 students will create old fashioned portraits of ancient Arrowtown school kids

Year 7 - 8 students will truly get a feel of the civic duty students from the 1800's had, by making a trip up to the cemetery to help tidy it, along with a lesson with Miss Gray!

Do you think being a student today is easier than being a student during the past 150 years? Why?

What was your favourite part of your visit to the Museum?

What do you think Arrowtown school will be like in the future?

Answer my questions and comment below!