This year students in Year 10 had two different Experience Days in the city, on 13 and 20 September, visiting the Holocaust Museum, the Shrine of Remembrance and other major sites in the Melbourne CBD.
The aim of the City Experience day is to provide students with a fun and valuable experience in the city with a variety of activities and locations they may not yet have experienced. They participate in an activity of their choice, developing their independence by utilising public transport and their time management skills to navigate the CBD and get to their destinations on time.
Students spent one day attending the Holocaust Museum to aid their understanding of the text studied in English called Night. They also learnt about Australia’s war history when visiting the Shrine of Remembrance.
On the alternate day, students participated in one activity in the CBD. Some visited the National Gallery of Victoria’s Ian Potter Centre and ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image), offices of The Big Issue, the Sports Museum at the MCG and Melbourne Museum, and then made their way to IMAX in Carlton to view The Hubble 3D.
Those who visited The Big Issue workshop learnt about how marginalisation in our community in Melbourne is being tackled. They learnt first-hand from a past vendor of the magazine about the importance of social networks and community and heard about the existing problems for Melbourne’s homeless population and how invisible they are. With every magazine that a vendor sells, they keep half the profits, allowing them to work for a living and preserve dignity.
