All Aboard!

THE EARLY YEARS, FOUNDATION - YEAR 2

Calling all students for a journey of endless discovery aboard Puffing Billy and connect with nature on an adventure through the magnificent forests of the Dandenong Ranges. Develop an understanding and appreciation of place and the importance of community. Discover the Lakeside Visitor Centre, use your curiosity and imagination to explore technology and stories of the past and present.

All Aboard! Itinerary

Curriculum links

Early Years

The Early Years Framework for Australia

Belonging, Being, Becoming. The five Learning Outcomes are designed to capture the integrated and complex learning and development of all children across birth to five years of age.

Learning Outcomes

Children have a strong sense of identity. Children are connected with and contribute to their world. Children have a strong sense of wellbeing. Children are confident and involved learners. Children are effective communicators.

Level	Strand	Content Description
Level A	Critical and Creative Thinking	React to the world around them (VCCCTQ055)
	Technologies and society	Experience how people create familiar designed solutions to meet their needs (VCDSTS001)
	Geographical concepts and skills	Experience and react to a place and its features (VCGGC001)
	Historical concepts and skills	Explore objects from the past and present (VCHHC004)
	Science Understanding	Living things are part of the world around us (VCSSU002)
Level B	Design and technologies	Explore the characteristics and properties of familiar designed solutions in at least one technologies context (VCDSTC005)
	Geographical knowledge	Moving to different places and recognising some features/places on the way (VCGGK021)
	Geographical knowledge	Experience specific activities in a place (VCGGK027)
	Historical concepts and skills	Explore features of objects from the past and present (VCHHC017)
	Historical knowledge	Explore different technologies used to make their daily life better (VCHHK026)
Level C	Technologies Contexts	Examine and indicate the characteristics and properties of familiar designed solutions in at least two technologies contexts (VCDSTC008)
	Geographic concepts and skills	Link places to their related activities and special events (VCGGC031)
	Historical concepts and skills	Explore their perspective on how things have changed from past and present in their daily life (VCHHC029)
	Science Understanding	Living things have different names and parts (VCSSU022)
Level D	Technologies and society	Explore how people create familiar designed solutions and identify their ability to meet personal and local community needs (VCDSTS010)
	Geographical knowledge	The major features of a place and their location (VCGGK054)
	Historical concepts and skills	Identify and compare features of objects used by the family from the past and present (VCHHC043)
	Community History	Explore and sequence the history of a significant place, person or building or site (VCHHK050)
	Science Understanding	Living things can be plants or animals (VCSSU032)

Foundation - Level 2

Strand	Sub-Strand	Content Description
Historical Concepts and Skills	Historical significance	Identify the significance of a person and/or place in the local community (VCHHC057)
Historical Concepts and Skills	Community histories	The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past (VCHHK063)
Historical Concepts and Skills	Community histories	The effect of changing technology on people�s lives and their perspectives on the significance of that change (VCHHK065)
Geographical Concepts and Skills	Place, Space and Interconnection	Identify and describe the features of places at a local scale and how they change, recognising that people describe the features of places differently (VCGGC057)
Geographical Concepts and Skills	Place, Space and Interconnection	Describe and explain where places and activities are located (VCGGC058)
Geographical Concepts and Skills	Data and Information	Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps (VCGGC061)
Geographical Knowledge	Places and our connection to them	Natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location and how they change (VCGGK068)
Geographical Knowledge	Places and our connection to them	Reasons why some places are special and some places are important to people and how they can be looked after (VCGGK069)
Health and Physical Education	Personal, Social and Community Health	Participate in play that promotes engagement with outdoor settings including aquatic and the natural environment (VCHPEP063)

Teacher & Student Resources

Puffing Billy Railway offers a range of pre and post excursion curriculum-linked resources to support teaching and learning in the classroom and at home. All resources are based around the topics of Energy, Force and Motion, Past and Present, Design and Technology and Biodiversity.

Pre-Excursion Activities

Post-Excursion Activities

Excursion Workbooks

Program details and information

Excursion Rates

Excursion Type	Student rate	Teacher/Leader rate
Guided Programs	From $28.50 per person	From $45.00 per person

PLEASE NOTE

Guided Programs are led by Education Officer and include train journey and one of the following programs: All Aboard, Steam Machines, Steaming STEM, Innovation Station, Maths in Motion, Puffing Billy Pathways, Sustainable Tourism at the Railway or Steaming Systems.
The Additional Teacher/Leader Rate includes train fare plus guided program.
SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS – Additional Carers charged at student rates.

Education Group Ratios

Group Type	Teacher/Leader to Student Ratio
Special Needs Groups	1:1
Early Years	1:5
Primary	1:10
Secondary	1:10
Tertiary	1:20

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Free Of Charge Teacher Ratios

Group Type	Teacher/Leader to Student Ratio
Special Needs Groups	1:1
Early Years	1:5
Primary	1:10
Secondary	1:10
Tertiary	1:20

Grandparent And Grandchildren Waving From Carriage Prior To Departure

DURATION

Half Day (approx. 10.30 am - 2.30 pm)
AVAILABILITY

Monday - Friday during the Victorian School Terms
TEACHER/LEADER TO STUDENT RATIOS

Early Years | 1:5
Foundation - Year 2 | 1:10
RATES

Guided Student | From $24.90
Guided Teacher/Leader | From $36.00

LOCATION

OPTION 1 | RETURN JOURNEY
Meet the Education Officer at Belgrave Station at 10:00am for an 11:00am departure (approx. 1-hour journey). Disembark at Lakeside Station at 11:55am. Enjoy lunch, the Lakeside Visitor Centre, an Educator led workshop and the natural surrounds. Board Puffing Billy at 2:15pm and return to Belgrave Station at approx. 3:10pm.
OPTION 2 | SINGLE JOURNEY
Meet the Education Officer at Belgrave Station at 10:00am for an 11:00am departure (approx. 1-hour journey). Disembark at Lakeside Station at 11:55am. Enjoy lunch, the Lakeside Visitor Centre, an Educator led workshop and the natural surrounds. Depart on your school bus from Lakeside at 2:15pm. Other options can be scheduled. according to Puffing Billy Railway timetable.

Enquiries

Enquire about our guided excursions via our online form.
Please contact the Education team for any further questions by emailing [email protected] or calling 03 9757 0700.

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3 Volunteer Head Conductor On The Lakeside Station Platform

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Teacher & Student Resources

Do trains push or pull?

Our Community

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Map my journey

The puff in Puffing Billy

Characters of the railway

Game changer

The Wonders of Wildlife

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