Sequential

Outdoor education
Camps for schools

Our sequential outdoor education programs are expertly crafted to support students at the start of primary school right through to their transition into the wide, wild world. Aligned with the Australian Outdoor Education Curriculum, each program is part of a progressive journey, each year building exciting, transferable life skills they’ll take with them wherever they go.

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School camps for Kindergarten
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Kindergarten: Introduction to Outdoor Learning

The journey begins! Our littlest adventurers start with basic outdoor awareness - safety comes first. They’ll develop vital communications skills and learn about teamwork, which will serve them well as they embark on their school career.

Curriculum links: PDHPE, Geography, Science, PDHPE and English.
Skills: Basic outdoor awareness, communication and teamwork.
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School camps for Year 1
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Year 1: Exploring Nature

Naturally curious and ever-observant, our year 1 students are ready to open their eyes to the wonders of the outdoors. The Optimum Experiences program builds on their understanding of natural environments and stokes their interest.

Curriculum links: PDHPE, Geography, Science, PDHPE and English.
Skills: Understanding of natural environments, observation and curiosity.
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School camps for Year 2
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Year 2: Engaging with the Environment

When we learn about nature and our role in it, we also learn about ourselves. Year 2 students in the Optimum Experiences sequential learning program explore basic environmental conservation, as well as their own health and wellbeing.

Curriculum links: PDHPE, Geography, Science, PDHPE and English.
Skills: Basic environmental conservation, and understanding health and wellbeing.

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School camps for Year 3
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Year 3: Growing Outdoor Skills

Let’s explore! Effective communication - both verbally and written - is an essential life skill at any age and an important focus for students in year 3. At this age, as kids grow and push boundaries, it’s also time to reinforce outdoor safety knowledge.

Curriculum links: PDHPE, Geography, Science, PDHPE and English.
Skills: Map reading, outdoor safety, written and verbal communication.
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School camps for Year 4
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Year 4: Embracing Challenges

Our sequential learning program reinforces students’ learning in the classroom, with discussions on problem-solving and understanding basic physics in action. A focus on physical endurance fosters growth and resilience.

Curriculum links: PDHPE, Geography, Science, PDHPE and English.
Skills: Physical endurance, problem-solving and understanding basic physics in action.
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School camps for Year 5
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Year 5: Building Leadership

As students enter the senior years of primary school, we build on the communication and teamwork skills they’ve been working on, with a focus on leadership, cooperation and expressing ideas clearly.

Curriculum links: English, PDHPE and Geography.
Skills: Leadership, cooperation and expressing ideas clearly.
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School camps for Year 6
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Year 6: Preparation for Transition

For their final year of primary school, our program for year 6 students looks at understanding cultural diversity, builds on their growing teamwork skills, and explores personal and group identity.

Curriculum links: English, PDHPE and Geography.
Skills: Understanding cultural diversity, teamwork, and personal and group identity.
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School camps for Year 7
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Year 7: Transition and Independence

Year 7 students learn about adapting to new environments and decision-making, which is often relevant to their own life stage. We also look at water systems.

Curriculum links: PDHPE, Geography and English.
Skills: Adaptation to new environments, decision-making and understanding water systems.
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School camps for Year 8
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Year 8: Building Resilience

Continuing to make connections between the natural world and personal growth, year 8 students look at persistence in physical activities and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, as well as understanding energy.

Curriculum Links: Science, PDHPE, Geography and English.
Skills: Persistence in physical activities, understanding energy and maintaining healthy lifestyles.
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School camps for Year 9
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Year 9: Community and Relationships

Understanding interconnections in society, communicating effectively and embracing change are the focal points of year 9 students’ exploration of community and relationships.

Curriculum links: Geography and English.
Skills: Understanding interconnections in society, effective communication and group functioning,
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School camps for Year 10
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Year 10: Leadership and Responsibility

Our staged learning approach means that year 10 students are ready to embrace more complex challenges, like leadership in diverse situations, advanced critical thinking and evaluation - all aligned with their academic journey.

Curriculum links: PDHPE, English and Geography.
Skills: Leadership in diverse situations, critical thinking and evaluation.
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School camps for Year 11
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Year 11: Facing Challenges

In-depth academic exploration, hand in hand with personal growth and development, sees year 11 students dig deeper into their understanding of environmental issues and scale up their mental resilience and problem-solving skills.

Curriculum links: Geography, PDHPE and English.
Skills: Understanding environmental issues, mental resilience and problem-solving.
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School camps for Year 12
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Year 12: Transition to Adulthood

In preparation for post-school life, our year 12 students cover workplace communication and safe work practices - emerging as confident, compassionate, environmentally-conscious individuals, ready for life in and out of the classroom.

Curriculum links: English, PDHPE and Geography.
Skills: Understanding workplace communication, safe work practices and preparation for post-school life.
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programs & courses

34°39'03.9"S 150°31'06.7"E

Fitzroy Falls Conference and Adventure Centre 
71 Ryans Ln, Wildes 
Meadow NSW 2577, 
Australia

1/4 Cumberland Avenue, South Nowra NSW 2541, Australia
Office - (02) 4886 4541
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Acknowledgement of Country

We Acknowledge the Marriŋ and their Country,
We Acknowledge the Marriŋ and their people,
We Acknowledge Marring’s old men and old women Yesterday’s Today’s Tomorrow’s.
We Acknowledge their Countries we stay and camp.
Above barengary Mountain
Coolendel
Booderee N.P (Bristol’s point)
We Acknowledge the Dharrawal
We Acknowledge the Gundangarra
We Acknowledge the Dhurrga
We Acknowledge the Yuin-Marring
Gamaiāŋa marriŋba ŋurrawulanuŋ,
Gamaināŋa marriŋba maranuŋ,
Gamaināŋa marriŋguli maganindaba mulligalali bugi’agul nāwaygul buradjagul.
Gamaināŋa wulnunŋ Ŋurralali ŋallaba gudjiānga
Mirrir Barrengarri
Buaŋgalla
Budarri
Gamaināŋa Ḏarrawal
Gamaināŋa kunduŋurra
Gamaināŋa Ḏurrga
Gamaināŋa Yuin-Marriŋ