Costumed School

Sovereign Hill School offers a unique two day, fully immersive, costumed school experience tailored to Year 5
and 6 students. As part of this program, students are in the charge of ‘Ma’am’ or ‘Sir’ who is strict, all knowing and the embodiment of 1850’s Victorian authority. 

Students will:

• Experience colonial school life in one of the museum’s five schools: Red Hill National School,
  St Peter’s Denominational School, Ballarat Benevolent Asylum Ragged School, St Alipius Diggings School or Wesleyan Day School.
• Role play being a child of the 1850s at school on the goldfields, abiding by the behavioural expectations of the era.
• Once costumed the student becomes a living exhibit in the Sovereign Hill Outdoor Museum.
• Be exposed to fascinating insights into the distinct social norms and hierarchy of the times.
• Have the rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of many Sovereign Hill businesses and experience first-hand, the tough and turbulent times of life on the diggings.

Victorian Curriculum Links Level 5 & 6

• History
• Personal & Social Capabilities
• Critical & Creative Thinking
• Ethical Capability
• Drama

Schools must be on the Sovereign Hill Schools mailing list. To be placed on the list please email sovereign.hill.sch@education.vic.gov.au with the following information, school name, address, email, phone number, contact name and email address.