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How has school changed or stayed the same over time?
How has school changed or stayed the same over time?
Learning intention – We are learning about activities in the past.
Success criteria – We can make and do activities from the past.
Jigsaw puzzles
Jigsaw puzzles
Students used puzzles and games to help them learn.
Jigsaw puzzles were made from wood.
The pictures on puzzles tell us about daily life in the past.
View the video
View the video
View the YouTube video Jigsaw puzzles.
What is special about the tram puzzle?
Make a puzzle
Make a puzzle
Print a photo or use a photo from a magazine.
Cut it into squares or rectangles.
Put your puzzle back together.
What skills did you practise?
Materials needed
Materials needed
A5 printed photograph or photo from a magazine
Scissors
Jigsaw puzzlesYouTube | NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education (1:38min) | Transcript
A photo cut into rectangles to make a jigsaw puzzle
Paper weaving
Paper weaving
Students used to do craft lessons.
Weaving was a craft activity for all grades.
Infants students did paper weaving.
Primary students made woven baskets with cane.
View the photos and video
View the photos and video
View the photo gallery.
View the YouTube video How to weave a paper mat.
Make a paper weaving
Make a paper weaving
Make a woven paper mat.
What did you like about doing this craft?
Materials needed
Materials needed
Two pieces of A5 paper (half an A4 sheet) – in two colours
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
Sticky tape.
How to weave a paper matYouTube | NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education (1:00min)
Fly
Fly
Children were good at making up games.
Fly is a game that uses sticks from the ground.
Fly was played at school and at home.
It is a good game to play with your family.
View the video
View the video
View the YouTube video How to play fly.
Play fly
Play fly
Play fly with your family or on your own.
What did you like about the game?
Materials needed
Materials needed
Seven sticks or pieces of bark collected from the ground.
Strips of cardboard could be used instead.
How to play flyYouTube | NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education (0:52min) | Transcript
Note to teachers and supervisors
Note to teachers and supervisors
The following materials are needed for the practical activities on this page.
Jigsaw puzzle
Jigsaw puzzle
A5 printed photograph or photo from a magazine
Scissors
Woven paper mat
Woven paper mat
Two pieces of A5 paper (half an A4 sheet) – in two colours
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
Sticky tape.
Fly
Fly
Seven sticks or pieces of bark collected from the ground.
If playing indoors, strips of paper or cardboard could be used instead.
Safety note – Fly is best played on grass. If playing on a hard surface, use flat objects that don't roll or slide.
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