Strike Me Lucky - Australia's GOLD Discovery Show for Schools and the Unit Gold

STRIKE ME LUCKY school incursion is a another great event to have hosted in the safety of your school classroom.

Meet Lucky, a nickname given to him on the Gold Fields in the 1850s, and discover how and why he got his name. With only a skeleton of a tent up, wooden crates which act as shelves and mainly spending most of his day away from his shelter ... could you really call this LUCKY! Let your students hear and experience real life stories and dramatisations of how it was to live on the Gold Fields. With thousands of diggers from all kinds of backgrounds set up along the Turon River - each person had only one thing on their mind and that was to strike it RICH!

The students will learn about the different types of gold that were present and the ways of mining their claims in 1852, an era when the Military and Gold Commissioners had control of the gold fields and would carry out licence checks which were called licence hunts. Strike Me Lucky - Australia's short but full of informative fun of Australia's Gold Discovery will take your school back to the period of time between 1851 from the first public discovery of gold at Ophir to 1855 and twelve months after Eureka Stockade and the Sovereign Queen is Queen Victoria of England.

The performance will allow students to explore the influences of gold and the Australian identity, environment and heritage.

Discover how Lucky, if he truly is lucky, found a way to make ends meet and live on the fields. With funny anecdotes and authentic artefacts, this true to life excursion will definitely spark your student’s quest for knowledge.

A brilliant alternative to the Full Day show "GOLD SHOW"

An affordable presentation for your school and one that will have your students talking for awhile to come.  So let your students experience the one of the most productive education incursion in Australia. show continues with a brief encounter of the trial of Lucky, however if convicted, you will need to book the Gold Show to witness the hilarious and often highly spoke of Flogging of the Miner (which every student loves to see) if found guilty.

Strike me Lucky school incursion is an experience right in the safety of your school grounds. It is a perfect event to have at your school to encourage, stimulate or enhance what the students are learning and is one of the best educational resources in Australia.

Strike me Lucky school incursion was written by qualified and experienced school teachers and is well scripted to enhance the learning outcomes taught in the school classroom.
 
LEARNING OUTCOMES IT MEETS:

1. Outlines the effect that events from the past have had on a particular issue of significance.

2. Explains the development of the principles of Australian democracy.

3. Explains how various beliefs & practices influence the ways in which people interact with, change & value their environment.

4. Expresses a personal point of view on an environmental issue & provides supporting evidence.

5. It looks at World achievements by Australians, past & present.

6. Explains effects of human & natural changes on environments.p>

7. Encourages audience to select appropriate sources of information by observing, identifying, finding, displaying, evaluating & reflecting.

8. Allows audience participation in activities & discussions.

9. Allows students to read, view, listen to & talk about a range of subject matter.

10. Allows audience to accept specific roles & responsibilities.

11. And many many more.

Strike Me Lucky is available for the following school levels:

• Year 1 to Year 6, Primary Stage 1 to Stage 3 and

• Year 7 to 10

Strike Me Lucky is available in most areas of Australia, including but not limited to:

• Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Area/Regions :
  The whole of the ACT Territory

• New South Wales (NSW) Area/Regions :
  Albury, Blue Mountains Region, Central New South Wales, Coffs Harbour, Far West, Hunter New England, Illawarra Shoalhaven, Lower Western, Murrumbidgee, New England North West, North Coast Region, Northern Rivers, Orange, Port Macquarie, Riverina, South Coast Region, South Western Sydney, Sydney, Tamworth, Tweed Heads, Western NSW, Bathurst, Capital Country, Central Tablelands, Country NSW Region, High Country/Snowy Mountains Region, Hunter Region, Lismore, Maitland, Narrabri Region, Newcastle, North West Slopes & Plains, Northern Sydney, Outback New South Wales, Queanbeyan, Snowy Mountains, South Eastern Sydney, Southern NSW, Sydney Metropolitan, The Murray, Upper Western, Western Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Central West Slopes & Plains, Dubbo, Hunter, Illawarra, Lord Howe Island Region , Mid North Coast, Nepean Blue Mountains, North Coast NSW, Northern NSW, Northern Tablelands, Outback NSW Region, Richmond, South Coast, South West Slopes, Southern Tablelands, Sydney Outer Suburbs, The Murray Region, Wagga Wagga, Wollongong

• Queensland (QLD) Areas/Regions :
  Brisbane Metropolitan, Cairns / Far North, Central West, Fitzroy, Gold Coast, Mackay, Northern, Thuringowa, Wide Bay-Burnett, Brisbane Outer Suburbs, Capricorn, Darling Downs, Fraser Island, Gold Coast / Sunshine Coast, Moreton, Rockhampton, Townsville, Bundaberg, Central Outback, Far North, Gladstone, Hervey Bay, North West, South West Queensland, Whitsundays

• South Australia (SA) Areas/Regions :
  Adelaide Hills , Barossa, Fleurieu Peninsula, Limestone Coast, Yorke Peninsula, Adelaide Metropolitan, Clare Valley, Flinders / Outback, Murraylands, Adelaide Outer Suburbs, Eyre Pen, Kangaroo Island, Riverland

• Victoria (VIC) Areas/Regions :
  Ballarat, Bendigo, Central Highlands, East Gippsland Coast, Goldfields, Great Ocean Road, Lower Goulburn, Melton, Murray, Otways, Port Phillip, Shepparton Mooroopna, Southwest The Otways, The Bays Port Phillip, The Wimmera, Upper Yarra, West Coast Shipwreck Coast, Western District, Yarra Valley, Bellarine, Central Coast Bass Coast, Central Victoria Yarra Valley, Geelong, Goulburn Valley, Greater Melbourne, Melbourne Metropolitan, Mildura, Northeast Victorian Alps, Ovens and Murray, Pyrenees, South Gippsland, Sunraysia, The Grampians, Upper Goulburn, Victorian Alps, West Gippsland, Western Port, Bellarine Peninsula, Central Gippsland Coast, Daylesford / Macedon, Gippsland, Grampians, High Country, Melbourne Outer Suburbs, Mornington Peninsula, Northwest The Mallee Sunraysia, Phillip Island, Riverina, Southern Riverina, Surf Coast, The Mallee, Upper Murray, Warrnambool, Western Central Highlands/Tablelands, Wimmera

Price Information:

• Strike Me Lucky is priced on a per person/ticket charge, with discounts for bulk purchases.

Travel Charges:

• There are no travel charges charged, regardless of the location.

Teacher/Customer Resources Available:

• Are not available.

Staff Qualifications:

• All performers are either trained and qualified teachers or have degrees/diplomas or certification in Performing Arts.