Education Outside the Classroom
Stepping outside the classroom is a great way for your daughter to learn more about herself, discover new interests, create strong friendships and develop leadership qualities.
- Enrich and integrate learnings back to their classroom lessons. Provide authentic links to our learning in real world settings
- Encourage personal development and awareness by building self-esteem and confidence.
- Develop sound ecological attitudes based on respect, knowledge and understanding.
To a curious mind, seeing is believing, that’s why we give students the opportunity to get involved in real-life experiences that build on their learning through Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC).
Depending on their Year group, students take part in a variety of experiences throughout the year. In all cases these link back to their unit of enquiry (or learning in the classroom).
We have many examples, but some recent examples for Junior School students have included visits to a local Marae, a retirement village, the Auckland Museum, and the Howick historic village.
Students in our Year 3 and Year 4 group have an introductory ‘camp’ experience which includes an overnight experience. We tailor this to the ‘age and stage’ of our students.
Our Year 3 students have a 2 day/1-night experience. During the day they have day trips which allow them to explore the outdoors and push their boundaries in nature. They then overnight at school. We tailor this experience to ensure it is appropriate for our students age, but give our students a taste of a camp experience.
Year 4 students, have a 3 day/ 2-night experience which is water based. Most recently this has been held at Long Bay where students were able to experience water activities such as kayaking and swimming as well as rock climbing and archery. Camps for Years 3 and 4 generally occur in Term 4.
For Year 5 students, we have a 4 day/3 overnight experience. This has recently been held at Shakespear Lodge. Here students were involved in a range of team and confidence building activities such as kayaking, climbing and bush skills.
Our Year 6 students, have a 5 day/ 4 night experience which recently has been based on Kawau Island. Here students experienced a range of water activities such as sailing, kayaking, building rafts, fishing and orienteering. Camps for this Year group generally occur in Term 1.
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