Final itinerary

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 TO SINGAPORE

SUNDAY 16 APRIL 2017 TO WEDNESDAY 26 April 2017

PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY

Tour Party: Staff (3) Samantha Boswell

Mery Jones

Teacher Supervisor Irene McCormack Catholic College

Norman Paini

Teacher Supervisor Morley Senior High School

Students (10) Ming Hui Gao

Rossmoyne Senior High School

Mya Kordic

Manjimup Senior High School

Caitlyn McKenzie

Holy Cross College

Coby Menzie

Kelmscott Senior High School

Mitchell Murray

Wesley College

Patrick Reilly

Boyup Brook District High School

Janka Reynders

Narrogin Senior High School

Brandon Rowe

Girrawheen Senior High School

Bryce Taylor

Albany Senior High School

Cale Wilcox

Mount Lawley Senior High School

Staff Supervision Groups Mery Jones: Norman Paini: Note:

PAST Coordinator Department of Education

Ming Hui, Caitlyn, Coby, Mitchell, Cale Mya, Patrick, Janka, Brandon, Bryce

6 males and 4 females Ages of students in 2017:

Year 10

15 years (2)

Year 11

16 years (4)

Year 12

17 years (4)

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY Day 1Sunday 16 April 2016 (ARRIVE SINGAPORE – MEALS DURING FLIGHT) Theme: Departure Local Time 11.30

Activity

Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements

Meet at the Perth International Airport at 11.30 on Sunday 16 April.

Please arrive on time and meet in the area to the right of the escalators – International Airport, Terminal 1.

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ226 to Singapore. Arrive 19.35.

Dress Requirements: tour polo shirt with black pants.

YWCA Fort Canning Lodge 6 Fort Canning Rd, Singapore 179494 Phone: +65 6338 4222

To be met by guide

14.05 Depart Perth International Airport.

19.35

Arrive in Singapore.

Check in to YWCA Fort Canning Lodge.

Wear comfortable shoes.

Day 2 Monday 17 April 2016 Theme: Placing the Premier’s Anzac Student Tour 2017 In Perspective Local Time

Activity

7.00

Breakfast at the hotel (included).

Particulars

Dress Requirements: Tour polo shirt.

Placing the Premier’s Anzac Student Tour 2017 in perspective.

8.30

Specific Group Arrangements

9.00

Arrive Merlion Park

Merlion is Singapore’s mythological creature that is part lion, part fish.

10.00

Depart to Thian Hock Keng Temple

Tour guide.

11.30

Visit Chinatown and Kampong Glam – Malay culture  Arab Street  Sultan Mosque  Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Buddhist Monastery

Appreciating cultural context.

Duty Student and Web Diary:

Presenters: Brandon – Cultural diversity Janka – Major General Gallagher

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY 13.00

Lunch will be provided at Kubla Khan Restaurant (included).

Afterwards, visit National Museum of Singapore which dates back to 1849 93 Stamford Road, Singapore 178897

18.00 Dinner

Return for dinner and overnight at hotel.

Tour guide.

The Singapore History Gallery charts the island’s development: Singapura, a Crown Colony; Syonan-To under Japanese occupation; and finally, Singapore.

YWCA Fort Canning Lodge 6 Fort Canning Rd, Singapore 179494 Phone: +65 6338 4222

Ming Hui – Stamford Raffles

Evening Task: Web diary and update daily journals – checked by staff.

Day 3 Tuesday, 18 April 2017 Theme: Events of World War II Local Time

Activity

Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements

7.30

Breakfast at the hotel (included)

Duty Student and Web Diary:

To be met by war specialist guide Mr Christopher Cher.

T: +65 9763 9252.

9.00

Battlefield tour: Johore Battery

10.00

Old Changi Jail and Selarang Barracks

Dress Requirements: Tour polo.

Presenter: Caitlyn – Prisoners of War & General Yamashita

11.00

Changi Beach – site of Sook Ching massacres

12.30

Lunch (Included)

The Bark Café.

13.15

Changi Chapel and Museum

Gain insight to memories and lives of both POWs and civilian internees who survived the Japanese occupation.

15.30

Lim Bo Seng Memorial

War specialist guide.

19.00

Dinner – own arrangements.

Travel to Little India for a vegetarian meal at Kailash Parbat.

Evening Task: Complete web diary and update daily journals - to be checked by staff.

Mery Jones to conduct overview.

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY Day 4 Wednesday, 19 April 2017 Theme: One Place, Many Stories Local Time

Activity

7.00

Breakfast at the hotel (included).

9.00

Depart Labrador Nature Reserve

10.0011.30

Old Ford Museum now Syonan Gallery

11.450

Arrive Rimau Historical Marker on Dover Road

13.00 16.00

Lunch (Included) Alexandra Hospital

Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements

Duty Student and Web Diary:

To be met by war specialist guide.

Dress Requirements: Tour polo shirt

Pasir Panjang site (Malay for Long Beach)

Presenter: Cale – Military Guided tour (in house)

Execution of the Australian Z force commandoes involved in operation Rimau. Visit the Bukit Batok Memorial.

Memories Exhibition Site where the British and Allied Forces formally surrendered to the Japanese forces.

18.00

Norman Paini to conduct history education program.

Presenter: Coby – General Arthur Percival

Set dinner at YWCA Fort Canning Lodge (Included) Assigned tasks ongoing

Web diary, daily journals, washing, etc.

Evening Task: Web diary and update daily journals – staff feedback.

Day 5 Thursday 20 April 2017 Theme: Strategy and Surrender Local Time

Activity

Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements

7.00

Breakfast (Included)

Duty Student and Web Diary:

Dress Requirements: Tour polo

9.45 – 10.45

Story of Strategy & Surrender Battle Box at Fort Canning - a story of strategy and surrender and of Fort Canning hill (graves, guns and battles).

This was where the momentous decision was made to surrender Singapore to the Japanese on February 15 1942.

11.3012.30

Spice Garden Trail

Guide Presenters: Mitchell – Politics Mya – Governor Brooke Popham

Guide Mr Johari.

T: +65 9665 6994

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY 13.00

Lunch at one of the local cafes own arrangements

14.00 – 16.30

Surrender of Fort Canning Hill

19.00

Dinner – own arrangements

WWII underground bunker command centre used by Allies in the Malayan campaign in 1942.

Guided tour (in-house).

Bryce - General Gordon Bennett

Evening Task: Complete web diary and update daily journals - to be checked by staff.

Day 6 Friday, 21 April 2017

Local Time 6.00

Activity

Theme: Witness of History Particulars

Enjoy the Colonial History Trail in Fort Canning Park.

For the early risers and keen photographers.

7.00

Breakfast at the hotel.

(Included)

7.40

Depart for visit to Hwa Chong Institution

08.00

Arrival Met by guide in car park

13.00

Lunch will be provided Dinner own arrangements

18.3021.00

Bumboat cruise along the Singapore River to Clarke Quay.

Specific Group Arrangements Duty Student and Web Diary:

Dress Requirements: dress shirts.

Conference room briefing.

Cultural exchange, history education and study tour activities.

At both sides of the river, you will see colonial buildings, traditional Chinese shops, modern skyscrapers… each of them could tell you an exciting story of Singapore.

Presenter: Patrick – South East Asia Tour guide

Day 7 Saturday, 22 April 2017 Theme: Environmental Experience Local Time 7.00

Activity

Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements

Breakfast at the hotel (Included)

Duty Student and Web Diary:

Dress Requirements: tour polo.

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY 9.00

Visit Singapore Zoo More than 2 000 animals with entertainment-packed live animal shows

12.30

Lunch at one of the local cafes (own arrangements)

18.30

Dinner at local hawker’s hut (own arrangements)

Presenters: Janka – Environment Patrick – Sir Tom Phillips

Evening Task: Complete web diary and update daily journals - to be checked by staff.

Day 8 Sunday, 23 April 2017 Theme: War and Peace Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements

Breakfast at the hotel (Included)

Duty Student and Web Diary:

Dress Requirements: tour polo

10.00

WWII Interpretative centre

Bukit Chandu Museum Housed in a restored black and white colonial bungalow close to the former battle site Sentosa Island

War specialist guide

12.30 13.3015.30

Lunch Included Visit Fort Siloso

Singapore’s only preserved coastal fort with the largest collection of WWII memorabilia

Presenters: Mitchell – Winston Churchill

16.0017.30

Images of Singapore

Experience the colourful culture and vibrant heritage of Singapore, re-told through life size figures, animatronics and special effects

Mya - Allegiance

Local Time 7.30

Activity

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY 18.00

The Archer’s Restaurant, Sentosa. Buffet.

Day 9 Monday, 24 April 2017 Theme: A Trek Through Time Local Time

Activity

Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements

6.45

Breakfast at the hotel (Included)

Dress Requirements: tour polo

Duty Student and Web Diary:

9.00

Australian High Commission diplomatic briefing

Col David John Hay

10.3013.00

ArtScience museum

Guide

Lunch at school cafe

1.30 – 3.30 pm Visit Stamford American International School

16.30 – 19.00 19.15

Asian Civilisations Museum

Tour of school with students and WWII history lesson.

Presenters: Bryce – Trade Cale – Lieutenant Sturdee Web diary, daily journals, washing, etc.

Dinner – own arrangements

Day 10 Tuesday, 25 April 2016 Theme: Commemorating Anzac Day Local Time 4.30

Activity

Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements

Early wake-up call.

(No breakfast required).

All participants require rain protection, tropical strength mosquito repellent, a small torch and bottled water.

Dress Requirements: formal tour shirt with black long pants.

Attendance at Dawn Service, coordinated by the Office of Australian War Graves.

(Wreath provided by operator).

The Kranji War Memorial Cemetery site opens at 5.15 Attendees to be seated by 6.00.

Seating reserved for Premier’s Anzac Student Tour 2017 – dawn at 6.30.

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY 9.00

Reflection and commemorative activities

Duty Student and Web Diary:

Coordinated by teacher supervisors.

Site tour of cemetery conducted by Changi Chapel staff.

13.00

Lunch own arrangements

14.00

Sembawang Park

17.00

Dinner own arrangements

Explore Singapore’s strong historical links with the British colonial era.

Presenters: Ming Hui – Nation Building Brandon – PM John Curtin Tour diaries.

Letters to Premier of Western Australia.

Happy birthday, Brandon!

Day 11 Wednesday, 26 April 2017 – DEPART SINGAPORE Theme: Returning Home and Reflections Local Time

Activity

5.30

Breakfast included

Particulars

Specific Group Arrangements Duty Student and Web Diary:

Pack up and early check out of YWCA Fort Canning Lodge

6.30

Early departure for Changi International Airport

Dress Requirements: tour polo shirt.

Submit your letter to the Premier

930

Depart Singapore

14.40

Arrive Perth International Airport.

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ223 to Perth.

Depart Singapore 0930.

Arrive Perth 14.40 Tour participants and family members to remain in Arrivals for approximately 30 minutes from when the group exits customs to allow for final speeches, photos and farewells.

Presenter: Coby - Globalism

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY In-Country and Emergency Contact Details Australian High Commission Contact Details Contact Name: Clele White, Second Secretary Business Name (if applicable): Australian High Commission, Singapore Address: 25 Napier Road, Singapore Telephone Number: +65 6836 4213 Mobile Phone Number: Fax: Number: +65 7375481 Email Address: White, Clele Clele.White@dfat.gov.au W: www.singapore.highcommission.gov.au E: consular.singapore@dfat.gov.au Tour Contact Details Samantha Boswell, PAST Coordinator +610484 627 049 Mery Jones, Teacher Supervisor +610415 394 375 Norman Paini, Teacher Supervisor +610427 514 036 Local Police Contact Details (if applicable) Telephone Number: 999 Police Hotline (non-emergencies): 1800 225 0000 Local Hospital Contact Details Glen Eagles Hospital Singapore 6A Napier Road Singapore 258500 Hospital Mainline: +65 6473 7222 A&E Line: +65 6470 5688 / +65 6470 5700 Department of Education – Emergency Contact (within Western Australia) Richard Lobb, Manager, Learning Area Partnerships – 0417 911 985 or email Richard.Lobb@education.wa.edu.au Morcombe Travel Agents Contact Details Jenny Chisholm, Manager – Group Tours Tel: (08) 9325 5557 Fax: (08) 9325 5558 Mob: 0413 508 745 (After hours only) +61 413 508 745 from overseas Singapore Airlines Contact Name: Telephone Number:

Learna Cale 0417 787 380

Singapore High Commission (Canberra) Contact Name: Mr Michael Teo, High Commissioner Address: 17 Forster Cres, Yarralumla ACT 2600 Telephone Number: (02) 6271.2000 Email: singhc_cbr@sgmfa.gov.sg

SOS Medical Emergency: +(612) 9273 2781 10

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PREMIER’S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR 2017 SINGAPORE DEPARTING 16 APRIL 2017 FINAL ITINERARY

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