Explore, learn and thrive in nature's classroom.

Outdoor Education provides our students with a range of skills and experiences outside their everyday lives, and beyond the walls of the classroom. For many of our students, outdoor education provides them with recreational and fitness opportunities that they may wish to pursue in the future.

Our programs allow students opportunities to reflect on the environment in a positive manner as well as encouraging them to push personal limits and learn the benefits of goal setting. We believe that outdoor education is an effective tool for the development of self-esteem and a ‘community first’ attitude.

Contributing to our mission of providing a wholistic education, we find that these programs in the outdoors complement the Colleges’ academic, sporting, and cultural programs.

Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10

Year 7

The aim is the development of relationships and aid in the transition of boys from primary school to secondary school. The students are grouped in their class groups as they rotate through activities. They are accommodated with classmates and are encouraged to broaden their friendship groups.

This camp typically run in the first month of school.

Activities
  • Group ‘icebreaker’ games
  • Rafting
  • Canoeing
  • High ropes/initiatives/commando course
  • Bushwalking
  • Swimming
  • Night mine tour at Walhalla Long Tunnel Mine

Year 8

Activity Days – Program runs in Term 1 and Term 4.

Activities
  • Indoor rock climbing days
  • Snorkelling days at Portsea
  • Horse riding days at Cape Schanck
  • Adventure activities – Giant swing and rock climbing walls.

Year 9

Year 9 students are at an age where the rigours of classroom life can seem endless and difficult. We schedule three experiences for this group to cater for their developing maturity and need for self-discipline.

Activities

1. Surf camp at Phillip Island or Inverloch

  • Surfing
  • Camping

2. City Day.

  • Independent travels in the Melbourne CBD. Students are assigned structured tasks to complete along the way.

3. Adventure Camps in term 4 to a variety of locations.

  • Canoeing
  • Camping
  • Mountain bike riding
  • Bushwalking
  • Rafting
  • Abseiling
  • Fly fishing
  • River sledding
  • Bush survival
  • Alternative 1-week Canberra tour

Year 10

Program runs in Term 1. The program takes the form of an Outdoor Education week in which students rotate through two Outdoor experiences and leadership.

Activities
  • Driver Education Days – students learn to drive with registered driving schools on private roads
  • Surf camps at Inverloch and Phillip Island
  • Camping
  • Surf kayaking
  • Mountain biking
  • Stand-up paddleboarding
  • Caving
  • River sledding
  • Melbourne City kayaking

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