The Rocks Walking Tours has been operating since 1978 and has introduce many students from schools Australia wide as well as International, to the history and heritage of Sydney's oldest neighbourhood - The Rocks.
Our tours focus in the heritage and history of The Rocks, Millers Point and Circular Quay and the content is tailored to the current syllabus.
This historically significant area encourages ongoing learning and offers a valuable outdoor educational experience to students.
Our Primary (Stage 1 - 3) and Secondary (Stage 4 - 6) school educational tours are conducted in The Rocks- an integral part of Australia's colonial history.
Students will be enouraged to:
- Discuss accounts of past times, expressed through events and the interpretation of significant sites
- Observe and analyse the heritage of Sydney's past and present
- Identify the stories and events that relate to the interaction between the people that lived in this unique built environment
Our professional and well researched guides use images, early photographs, maps and sketches throughout the tour to contrast past and present and stir the imagination. Their knowledge and the stories that are shared bring the area to life for the students.
The tours offered within our Educational Program are regularly reviewed ensuring relevance to the current curriculum and Key Learning Areas (KLA) of Human Society and It's Environment (HSIE), History, English, Geography and Religious Studies.
Tour: Arrival of the First Fleet
Unit: First Contacts
Stage 2
Duration: 1.5 hours without costume/ 2 hours with costume
Tour: The Way Life Was
Unit: Present and Past Family Life/ The Past in the Present /Community and Remembrance
Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4
Duration: 90 minutes
Tour: History and Heritage
Unit: The Australian Colonies
Stages 3, 4, 5 and 6
Duration: 90 minutes
Tour: Rocks at Federation
Unit: Australia as a Nation
Stage 3
Duration: 90 minutes
Tour: Beatie Bow's Sydney
Stages 3 and 4
Duration: 90 minutes
Tour: The Green Bans of The Rocks
Unit: Changing Places/ The Rise of the Environmental Movement
Stage 5 and 6
Duration: 90 minutes
