This term Our Inquiry topic is ‘Playing with Time.’ Through this unit we have been exploring how toys have changed or stayed the same over time. We have been investigating the passage of time and relating it to our lives and the lives of our families in the past. This Inquiry is a component of History in the new Australian Curriculum. To help us explore this topic we had Alan from the Australian Museum of Childhood come to visit us.

He brought along many types of toys so that the children could experience through hands on learning activities toys and games used in the past and the present.

All the Year Ones had such fun being able to hold and play with toys they had not previously seen. It gave them a real appreciation of the types of toys used in ‘the olden days’. Many thanks to Alan for running this interesting session.

Toy Museum on PhotoPeach