Holidays and Guesthouses with Spiri Tsintziras

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A three-minute film and creative learning activity for children in Levels 2-6 with a focus on history, primary sources, and creative writing.

Join Spiri Tsintziras, a Melbourne author and teacher of writing, on a walk through the beautiful old Alpine Retreat Hotel in Warburton. Listen to stories about holidays in the Yarra Ranges in the past and look at original vintage postcards and historic photographs. Spiri invites us to imagine we are staying at a guesthouse in the 1940s and talks us through writing a postcard or letter about our holiday.

This is a Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Creative Learning Activity.

 

How to run the activity

Step 1: Print copies of worksheets, vintage style postcards or notepaper designed by Beci Orpin, either in colour or black and white.

Step 2: For the postcard option, cut the printed templates in half to make A5 sized double sided postcard worksheets.

Step 3: The notepaper option is for longer classroom sessions or more advanced writers.

Step 4: Introduce the session and play the three-minute film Holidays and Guesthouses with Spiri Tsintziras.

Step 5: Distribute the printed worksheets and writing materials.

Step 6: Reflect on the activity, questions could include why people travelled to the Yarra Ranges for holidays, and how holidays in the past were different to compared to holidays now.

 

Watch the film here

Holidays and Guesthouses with Spiri Tsintziras audio transcript(DOCX, 15KB)

 

Download Printable Template

Black and White template

Holidays-and-Guesthouses-with-Spiri-Tsintziras-postcard-black-and-white-worksheet.pdf(PDF, 677KB)
Holidays-and-Guesthouses-with-Spiri-Tsintziras-notepaper-black-and-white-worksheet.pdf(PDF, 524KB)

Colour template

Holidays-and-Guesthouses-with-Spiri-Tsintziras-postcard-colour-worksheet.pdf(PDF, 693KB)
Holidays-and-Guesthouses-with-Spiri-Tsintziras-notepaper-colour-worksheet.pdf(PDF, 532KB)

 

Find out more about Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

About Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

Opened in 2011, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum promotes a greater understanding of the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the Yarra Ranges region through exhibitions, collections and programs. 

The Museum is custodian of a collection of over 13,000 cultural objects, including Indigenous belongings related to Coranderrk Aboriginal Station and a sub-collection related to opera diva Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931). 

Yarra Ranges Regional Museum is open Wed - Sun, 10am - 4pm and entry is free.

 

Explore more at Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

Access over 13,000 images of historical objects, treasured belongings and significant cultural items in the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum's online collection database.

We also welcome school visits so get in touch and come see us.

 

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Curriculum links

History 

 

English 

Level 2-6 English - Creating Texts; imaginative writing and handwriting  

 

Level 4 English - Creating Literature 

Project Credits

Creative lead: Spiri Tsintziras

Film and photography: Tiny Empire Collective

Location: The Alpine Hotel, Warburton

Project concept, development and delivery by Yarra Ranges Regional Museum staff: Alex Gerner, Ruth McLean, Kitty Owens, Maddie Reece, Megan Sheehy

Worksheet design: Beci Orpin

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