Through immersive and object-based experiences, our education programs and resources will help you and your students engage with history and our collection.
Due to the changes to the new Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0) we are currently offering educator-led excursions for Stage 1. If you are interested in Stage 2 - 6 excursions please contact us at museumgallery@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au. We are currently developing new programs to help meet your teaching outcomes and would love to hear what your classroom needs. Classroom resources are available for all learning stages. They can be found at the end of this page under 'classroom resources'.
If you would like to keep up to date with our current education programs, please email museumgallery@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au. Please add ‘Education Mailing List’ to the subject line to subscribe to our mailing list.
Excursions
Stimulate learning outside of the classroom in our exhibition environments. Giving your group the opportunity to learn about history and art from genuine objects, which foster interesting and important conversations.
We offer both self-guided and educator-led excursions. Hurstville Museum & Gallery is free of charge to visit. We encourage schools to book a self-guided visit to explore our historical and art exhibitions.
If you are interested in bringing your group to our educator-led programs, read each stage below. Please email museumgallery@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au for further information or to make a booking.
Stage 1 & 2
All of our excursion programs have a strong focus on historical and geographical skills enquiry and are designed within the Humanities and Social Sciences Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0).
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How does it work: Select up to three programs a day to build your own Hurstville Museum & Gallery excursion. If you select three on one day, we recommend including 'Old fashion games' as one of the modules.
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Duration of each program: 30 minutes.
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Price: daily rate of $7.00 (GST included) per student with a minimum cost of $70.00 per session. Teachers and supervising adults are free of charge.
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Supervision ratios: The supervision ratio is 1:10 for primary groups.
*We are currently developing new educator-led programs and would love to hear what your classroom needs.
Stage 1 & 2 Primary School Programs include:
Stage 3 - 5
Hurstville Museum & Gallery is free of charge to visit and we encourage schools to book a self-guided visit to explore our historical and art exhibitions.
We are currently developing new educator-led programs and would love to hear what your classroom needs. Classroom resources are available for all learning stages, and can be found at the end of this page under 'classroom resources'.
Stage 6
We offer a special excursion related to the current main gallery exhibition. These sessions always include a tour and a Q&A with the curator.
Museum on the Move kits
Hire a Museum on the Move kit and take history to your classroom. These can be used as a stand-alone classroom activity or in conjunction with a visit to Hurstville Museum & Gallery. The kits enhance students' experience of history through active study and interaction with high quality museum artefacts and replicas.
Price: $70.00 (GST included) for a four week loan. It is the responsibility of the hirer to collect the Museum on the Move kit/s from Hurstville Museum & Gallery and return them within the four week loan period.
For more information and to book, please contact the Museum & Gallery on (02) 9330 6444 or museumgallery@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au.
Available kits include:
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Early Stage 1, Stage 1 and Stage 2: Migration stories
This kit centres around the migration story of a family from Nepal. The lessons and provided resources have been chosen to assist students to engage with history, reflect on the lives of the people in their community and to communicate their learning.
This kit is divided into three stages and can be used as a whole school resource for Early Stage 1, Stage 1 and Stage 2. All elements of the kit link directly with each Stage’s Syllabus outcomes in the key learning areas of HSIE and English. Stages ES1 and 1 also provide outcomes for Visual Arts and Performing Arts.
What’s included:
- Easy to follow teacher’s manual with suggested lesson plan and templates for each stage.
- USB with storybook and templates.
- Hurstville Museum & Gallery storybook for each stage.
- Historical sources such as newspaper articles, genuine and replica museum objects.
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Stage 1: Keep in touch: Communication
Through investigation and reflection students will consider how changing technology impacts upon people’s lives. Students examine historical objects, photographs, replicas and working models to understand the chronological sequencing of events which have led to understanding modern communication methods. The kit comes equipped for students to create messages using a variety of communication forms and mediums, including Morse code, braille, Auslan and emojis.
The kit is tailored to the NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum, specifically designed for Stage 1 HSIE.
What’s included:
- Easy to follow teacher’s manual with suggested lesson plan and templates.
- USB with historical photographs of the Georges River area and templates.
- Printed historical photographs of the Georges River area.
- Historical sources such as newspaper articles, replica letters and stamps and museum objects.
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Stage 1: The past in the present - War memorials
This kit offers students a better understanding of the history of specific sites in the St George area, focusing on the importance/significance of war memorials. Students will be introduced to the idea of memorials and commemorative sites, and will begin to develop an understanding of their significance in the community through viewing and reviewing sources, sequencing events and historical enquiry.
Students will develop historical understanding through key concepts including sources, continuity and change, cause and effect, empathy and significance.
The kit is tailored to the NSW Syllabus for the Australian curriculum, specifically designed for Stage 1 HSIE.
What's included:
• Easy to follow teacher’s manual with suggested lesson plan and templates.
• USB with Georges River Council Local Studies collection photographs and templates.
• Historical photographs of the Georges River area.
• Maps and historical sources such as newspaper articles and oral histories.
• Dress-up period costumes for children.
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Stage 2: Community and Remembrance
This kit offers schools the opportunity to look at the change and continuity of the local area through a series of site comparisons. Utilising the Georges River Council Local Studies collection, historical sources and objects, students and teachers investigate the impact of settlement patterns, urban development and technological advancements on the geographical, social and cultural characteristic of the local area.
The kit is tailored to the NSW Syllabus for the Australian curriculum, specifically designed for Stage 2 HSIE.
What's included:
• Easy to follow teacher’s manual with suggested lesson plan and templates
• USB with Georges River Council Local Studies collection photographs, templates and maps
• Genuine and replica museum objects
• Historical photographs of the Georges River area
• Dress-up period costumes for children.
Classroom resources
Access these free, easy to use resources that can be used in the classroom for extended learning as a pre- or post- visit activity or as a lesson on their own.
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