Willunga Waldorf School Outdoor Education

“The future will belong to the nature-smart—those individuals, families, businesses and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.”
– Richard Louv

Why Outdoor Education?

The outdoor environment provides a place to learn, reflect, evaluate and share experiences. Students develop an appreciation for nature, a sense of adventure, confidence in their own abilities, the capacity for responsible risk taking, leadership, team work and decision making skills.

Students are taught to become stewards and adventurers of nature through our camps program. From Primary to High School, our students experience so much more than standard excursions or overnight class camps. Our Outdoor Education Program includes:

• Class 1 – Day excursions
• Class 2 – Overnight tenting on school grounds, day excursions
• Class 3 – Narnu Farm, Hindmarsh Island
• Class 4 – Camp Coorong
• Class 5 – Deep Creek or Woodhouse
• Class 6 – Kangaroo Island
• Class 7 – Camel Trekking in the Flinders Ranges
• Class 8 – Orientation Camp West Beach and Kuitpo Cycling
• Class 9 – Grampians or Flinders Ranges
• Class 10 – Oceanography Camp – Yorke Peninsula, Innes National Park and Surveying and Trigonometry Camp, Brookfield Conservation Park
• Class 11 – Larapinta Trail, Alice Springs
• Class 12 – Orientation Camp and Melbourne Art trip

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