Dancing and Deportment

Dancing and Deportment

 

Year: Level 5 – 7

Duration: 90

During their visit the students pretend they are newly arrived emigrants who are visiting Ayers House to meet the Ayers children. In the course of their visit they brush up on their etiquette, sing and learn to dance a quadrille. They visit the rooms of the house that pertain to the upper class. They end their visit by writing to Sir Henry and Lady Anne explaining why they would make good playmates for their children.

Activities: Dancing, elocution, and singing

Numbers: 1 class, approximately 30 students

Curriculum Context: History
The year 5 curriculum provides a study of colonial Australia in the 1800s. Students look at the founding of British colonies. They learn what life was like for different groups of people in the colonial period

Location: Ayers House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide 5000

Public transport information: Ayers House Museum can be accessed by train to Adelaide Railway Station, bus towards North Terrace/East End, or by tram to Botanic Gardens stop

Cost: $8 per student

Available days/times: Tuesday-Thursday mornings

Booking information: learning@nullnationaltrustsa.org.au or (08) 8223 1234