Cockatoo Island -Sydney Harbour is a great place to take  school students. It's a place to play and a place to learn as they explore the wonders of our past. From a real convict prison to the amazing shipbuilding machines, get ready for their imaginations to run overtime with all that there is to discover on the island.

Excursion programs cover a range of subjects across the primary and secondary curriculum which include colonial history; industrial heritage; changing environments; urban growth and decline; civics and citizenship; art-making and creative response.
Programs are delivered by experienced tour guides and extensive resource materials are available

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 Lessons Afloat has been successfully conducting excursions for school groups for over 32 years on Sydney Harbour - a stimulating and diverse learning environment.
 
A Lessons Afloat excursion provides students with fieldwork opportunities in the real world such as observation, recording, and mapping. Exploration of different issues and have been planned to achieve the Education Department's syllabus outcomes.
 
Students are encouraged to bring a camera to enhance their fieldwork activities.
 
Key competencies of identifying, analysing and organising information and communicating ideas and information are integral to each excursion.
 
The excursions are designed with emphasis on student participation ( we do not provide a standard guided tour ).
 
Each excursion is literally a lesson afloat, on board a private ferry.

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 Australian history with a naval perspective you'll love a day out at the Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre!
Located at the northern end of Garden Island in a public precinct which includes the Centre itself, fortifications from colonial times, 150 year old trees, the first known graffiti in Australia (dating from January 1788) and the old Signal Building from where you can enjoy spectacular 3600 views of Sydney Harbour.
The Heritage Centre tells the story of the Australian Navy from the sailors' viewpoint and contains many exhibitions including the HMAS Sydney Found, 100 Years of Submarines and A Sailor's Life for me featuring a mock-up messdeck.

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