School Camp Programs

Sunny Side Up

Explore the Alpine Valley in the heart of Harrietville. Encourage students to find the history and beauty of the Alpine Valley by venturing down the tracks and trails along the Ovens river.

Activities

• Nature Walks
• Adventure Course, Engineering challenges
• Archery
• Collaboration challenges (Orienteering, Scavenger Hunt)
• Swimming and canoeing at the Tronoh Dredge Hole
• Bike riding
• Raft and hut building

Let it Snow

Experience changing seasons from the green alpine valley to the snowy white-topped mountains. Students will learn how to adapt to the challenging winter environment. Understanding the scouts code of “Being Prepared” you will see them rise to the occasion, demonstrating independence in areas such what they need to pack, time management, and coordination & motor skills. This trip will leave a lasting impression.

Activities Mount Hotham, Falls Creek or Mount Buffalo

• Tobogganing
• Tubing
• Snow skiing
• Snowboarding
• Snow shoeing
• Snow play
• Evening photo presentations

Autumn Discovery

Understanding the necessity for sustainable solutions to personal and community based problems through our natural through seasonal changes. The Alpine Valley comes alive with breathtaking colour.

In autumn students immerse themselves in STEAM activities that will encourage them to discover themselves, their understanding of each other and the alpine environment.

Activities

• Nature walks / environmental
• Design thinking and solutions (gold panning / museum)
• Considering sustained futures (trout farm)
• Bike riding
• Camp fire
• The arts (leaf clay moulding)
• Scavenger hunt
• Collaboration and decision making (orienteering)
• Project management (possum prowl)
• Archery, adventure course,
• Systems thinking (build a bird feeder)

Spring Blooms

Welcome to warmer days and cooler nights. Springtime is great for getting back outdoors and discovering, exploring, collecting and analysing data about the abundance of spring adventures available at our facilities. Students experience a range of processes and production skills whilst building knowledge and understanding through navigation: immersing themselves in activities that will encourage them to discover themselves, their understanding of each other, and the systems and components that exist in our alpine environment.

Activities

• Archery, Adventure course
• Examine design and impact on the environment (nature walks / environment)
• Explore food and fibre production (local fish farm)
• Mt Buffalo hike, Lake Catani & Buffalo chalet

Year 7 Welcome Camp

Encouraging group cohesion, this camp builds on personal reflection and discussion in the STEAM context is our focus.

We work on opening students minds and allowing them to understand themselves and others better. By challenging the individual, they are moved to explore and investigate their perceptions of their world.

Activities

• Developing design solutions (team raft building)
• Adventure course, bike riding
• Managing environments for sustainability (trout farm)
• Abseiling, orienteering, camp fire
• Talent show
• Designing for preferred futures (nature walks / hike)
• Swimming in the Tronoh Dredge

Winter Wonders

Changing seasons from the green alpine valley to the snowy white topped mountains. The student will learn how to adapt to the challenging environments of winter. Adding in the adventure element, the students will learn the benefits of listening, understanding and then acting as instructors guide them down a snowy slope. A test of endurance will see them push through their own boundaries and exceed their goals.

Activities: Mt Hotham, Falls Creek or Mt Buffalo

• Tobogganing
• Tubing
• Snow skiing
• Snowboarding
• Snow shoeing along the Brabralong trail
• Evening photo presentations

Year 7 – 9 Summer Sizzles in the Valley

Communication and leadership and STEAM are the focus of this adventure. Challenging the students to build on their inner strengths while communicating with the team to achieve their goals in materials and technologies.

Activities

• Building collaborative approaches (leadership initiatives)
• Engineering properties (flying fox)
• Team raft building
• Adventure course
• Nature walks / hike
• Bike riding
• Abseiling
• Orienteering
• Talent show / karaoke and camp fire
• Swimming in the Tronoh Dredge

Year 9 – 12 Summer Leaders

Leadership, endurance, mate ship and communication are the focus of this adventure. Challenging the students to build on their inner strengths while working together to achieve their goal.

Activities

• Hiking the Bon Accord track
• Nature walks / environment
• Team raft building
• Students to create plan & run activity
• Adventure course
• Archery, volleyball
• Hike the Brabralong Trail
• Abseil at Mt Buffalo