Level 2 Outdoor Education

Students will participate in a range of outdoor pursuits including; 3-day overnight tramp, mountain biking, climbing & adventure based learning activities. Students may also be able to participate in a high and low rope courses and caving expedition. They will learn safety management procedures and skills associated with the planning, implementing and evaluating of these activities. Students considering this course should have an interest in outdoor pursuits. Students selecting this course should expect to miss approximately 6 days out of school.

Outdoor Education offers highly useful skills in real contexts. Skills which are both practical and also easily transferable into any workplace.

These skills, such as decision making, planning, risk management, team work, organisation, time management, communication, perseverance and resilience, just to name a few, are all learnt and practiced under pressure, often outside of their comfort zones, in real time, practical situations, much like todays work environments, making them invaluable to all students regardless of their career pathway.

This course also allows students to become more aware of how much they are really capable of by consistently working of the edge of or outside their comfort zones in order to complete challenges they may have initially thought they were not capable of. This allows for huge growth in self-confidence, self-worth and resilience.  It aims to grow a connection with the outdoors and our role as kaitiaki (guardians) of the environment, to ensure it remains pristine for future generations to enjoy.