Welcome to Outdoor Education
At Waikato Diocesan we aim to develop balanced young women who are empowered to meet their full potential and we provide a wide variety of learning experiences to achieve this. Our outdoor education camps provide the opportunity for girls to push themselves beyond their comfort zones in a controlled environment. Together they learn to manage risk responsibly, while challenging themselves physically. In doing so their confidence and self esteem is enhanced and their relationships with their peers are strengthened.
Teamwork, group interaction and basic outdoor skills are woven into the programmes. To ensure that the experiences are challenging and that safety is paramount the school uses specialist and experienced outdoor education providerswww.bigfootadventures.co.nz with a low student / instructor ratio to lead the students on all activities and manage the camps. A number of our staff accompany the students for pastoral support and to provide assistance with some of the camp activities.
Look in the sub pages to the right for more information about each camp as the time comes closer. We will send home medical forms and letters with the students but just in case they get lost on the way you will also be able to download them here.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me at school ext. 2035
Anne Robertson
Outdoor Education Co-ordinator