How the days fit together for a visiting school - Parliament House and democracy, the War Memorial and Questacon, the national collections - PACER-ready and curriculum-linked.
Canberra is the national school excursion, and this is a sample of how the days fit together. Over three days a group can cover the institutions at the heart of the civics, history and science curriculum - Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial, Questacon, the national galleries and museums - with a sensible run sheet and time to take it in.
It is a starting point: we build the real plan around your year level, dates and booked sessions. For the coach charter, transfers and accommodation that carry it, see our school trips to Canberra page.
Most interstate school excursions run three to five days on the ground, plus travel days for groups touring overland. This sample plan is a three-day version covering the core national institutions.
The institutions on this plan - Parliament House, the War Memorial and the national museums - are the kind the PACER rebate is designed around. Eligibility depends on year level and distance travelled, and your school applies directly; we plan the days to fit the requirements.
The plan works for upper-primary and secondary groups. We adjust the depth - civics sessions and Question Time for older students, more hands-on time at Questacon and the AIS for younger ones.
Yes. We build the run sheet around your curriculum focus, year level, dates and budget, and around the institution sessions you have booked. See our school-trips page for the coach and logistics side.
Yes. We provide the coach charter to Canberra, all the transfers and the accommodation coordination - the full school trip, not just the plan.
This is a sample - we build the real itinerary around your year level and dates. See our school trips to Canberra page for coach charter and logistics.