Last Friday our class travelled with the Year 1/2, 2 & 3 classes to Tailem Bend to visit Old Tailem Town. This excursion tied in perfectly with our Inquiry unit about Artefacts.
Old Tailem Town is set up like an old town – it has houses, long/short drop toilets, movie theatres, garages, mechanics, a fire station, a police station and dungeon, old trams and trains, general stores, hotels, hospitals and so many more spots to visit. People are free to wander around the town and explore!
We walked around all of the different parts of Tailem Town and went into lots of the buildings to see how our earlier settlers lived. We looked at the rooms in houses, the old furniture and meat safes, table settings, beds, furniture and farming equipment and vehicles. There was so much to see and do – we had a really busy day!!
As we toured around the village we could see how many different items in our homes have changes, for example: fridges, washing machines, toilets, plates, cutlery, wardrobes – just to name a few.
Here are photos of our day.
Tailem Town – Part 1 on PhotoPeach
Tailem Town – Part 2 on PhotoPeach
What did you think of Tailem Town?
I absolutely loved Tailem Town! It was wonderful seeing things that I remember from my early childhood…old decorative tins, medicinal supplies, machinery etc.
It shows how lucky we are today – especially with the houses we have, and all the luxuries we have open to us!
It was really fun at Tailem Town. I enjoyed selling tickets a the movies and leading the way.
From Ben
We have heard so much about Tailem Town. Sounds like you all had a fantastic time. Its so amazing how different things are now compared to many years ago. I wonder what things we have today that your grandchilden will look and think are relics. I wonder if the Xbox or ipad will be an old artifact that your grandchildren will look at and think how old fashioned it is????
Julian’s Nan on May 27 2013
What a wonderful experience for these children.
The photographs tell it all!!the expressions on the faces and such a variety of activities tell us what a great day it was. Congratulations to all.
it was really fun at tailem town because I had fun looking at all the old things. I liked doing the march.