Why are we here?

We provide programs for School Excursions and Camps and information such as Location and Provider details, Educational values, Risk Assessment, Transport & Accommodation, Programs, Outdoor Recreation, Activities and Fees, First Aid – CPR, Teachers, and White Water Canoeing guidelines for Primary Schools and High Schools.

Our school outdoor educational programs are curriculum-centred and can include all or some of the following activities: Art & Craft, Canoeing (white water), Bush Walking, Initiative Games, Navigation, Teamwork, Camp Cooking, Camping, Survival Skills, River Safety (water safety), Outdoor Safety, Fauna & Flora, Whip Cracking, Poi, Wind Water & Sun Activities, the Environment.

Our instructors are qualified and experienced in many areas and will ensure students have a safe, pleasant and effective educational outcome. Qualifications and/or experience range from but is not limited to University degree, TAFE diploma, Cert IV, TAE, Teacher Aid, Tesol, Business Management, IT, Solar Power, Wildlife, Environment, Outdoor Education / Recreation, Fire Twirling & Poi, Leather craft, whip making, whip cracking, Visual & Fine Art, Swift water rescue, Navigation, Communication, First aid, CPR, CALM, Bush walking, Canoeing, Kayaking, Search & Rescue, Vertical Rescue and more. Our instructors are also active members of Australian Canoeing with qualifications in Flat and White Water.

All our activities strive to provide educational opportunities that:

• Engage and challenge all participants to discover and develop their individual talents and capabilities for lifelong learning
• Develop positive self-concepts for all participants
• Encourage active, effective and responsible participation for all participants
• Respect the importance of moral, ethical and spiritual differences for all participants
• Implement the enjoyment of learning for all participants and encourage them to be self-motivated, reflective, competent learners
• Promote a fair and just society that values diversity
• Assist with the continuity and coherence of learning, and facilitate the transition between learning levels for all participants

Our activities support and/or cover the following life skills:

• Recognise personal characteristics and needs that make them similar to others yet unique
• Use strategies to manage feelings and emotions
• Use appropriate behaviours in social situations
• Use appropriate strategies to initiate and manage relationships
• Demonstrate a range of movement skills across environments
• Participate in a range of physical activities
• Recognise and respond to safe and unsafe situations
• Demonstrate safe practices that promote personal wellbeing
• Make healthy nutritional choices
• Demonstrate appropriate behaviours associated with eating and drinking
• Recognise and assist with routine health care procedures
• Undertake personal hygiene and grooming
• Recognise components of a balanced lifestyle
• Demonstrate skills required to participate in a preferred physical activity
• Demonstrate strategies required to participate in a preferred physical activity
• Use appropriate communication strategies in a variety of contexts
• Use appropriate strategies in response to at-risk situations
• Support and cooperate with others in a range of activities
• Move confidently in a range of contexts
• Engage in practices that promote health and safety
• Use problem-solving strategies in a variety of contexts

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