Outdoor Education Project

Learning Beyond the Classroom Walls

This term, our Year 9 students have embraced the outdoors with an exciting hands-on project in Outdoor Education, running through to the end of Term 2, Week 9. Working individually or in pairs, students selected from a variety of real-world tasks designed to build practical skills, environmental awareness, and teamwork.

Project options included:

• Constructing camp tools or shelters
  
  
• Creating a 3-course camp meal and cooking with hexi-stoves
  
  
• Designing outdoor gear or gadgets
  
  
• Exploring survival skills like natural water purification
  
  
• Performing campfire entertainment (songs, stories or poems)
  
  
• Publishing travel guides for bushwalks or campsites
  
  
• Testing bush tucker and researching its use
  

Students have been busy planning their project, gathering materials, and documenting their journey with photos and reflections. They demonstrated minimal-impact techniques, personal responsibility, and creativity — all while having a lot of fun!

The final presentations showcase their learning, problem-solving, lots of learning moments and a strong sense of connection to the natural world.

Check out some of the great moments captured during their project work!