Beyond the Classroom

‘This program offers students the opportunity to try something new and extend themselves beyond their comfort zone.’

Year 8 Outdoor Activities

This program offers students the opportunity to try something new and extend themselves beyond their comfort zone. The activities are designed to enable students to experience new challenges in a safe, controlled environment under the guidance of qualified experts which they may encounter on Outdoor Education Camps.

Activities occur in Term 2 and 4, and include horse riding, whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, sailing, rowing, off-road biking, and kayaking. Students are able to select a different activity for each term. We were so pleased to be able to hold activities in both terms this year after last year’s Term 4 program had been cancelled due to the pandemic.

The students, who participate in two half-day sessions and a full-day immersed in their chosen activity, thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to develop new skills and cement friendships this year. How lucky our students are to have access to such incredible initiatives which promote health and wellbeing outside of school.

Ms Kirsty McDougall

Head of Co-Curricular Activities

Years 7 and 8 Debating

The Years 7 and 8 Debating season involved more than 50 students and was based at Camberwell Grammar over four weeks. The sessions were lively, with a mix of model debating and performance debates which showed the students the finer points of debating procedures and protocols.

Run by the Debaters’ Association of Victoria (DAV), Camberwell Grammar entered six teams and debated students from Strathcona, Scotch, Balwyn High School, and Siena. Pleasingly all six teams won their debates on the final evening of the program with our six best debaters participating in the Open Day Debate for the PAJ Robinson Shield.

Mr Paul Double

Middle School Debating Coordinator

Middle School Friday Activities

2022 provided the opportunity for an uninterrupted Friday Activities program. During Term 2, the Year 7 students participated in a range of activities offered by the Year 7 Form teachers, all designed to broaden the students’ school experiences. The students were able to select a five-week program, introducing them to activities such as Golf, Fencing, Taekwondo, and Chess.

In Term 3, all Middle School students participated in the program and were able to choose from an extended range of options including an introduction to Squash, Indoor Cricket, Circuit Training, and more passive options such as Board and Card Games, Model Making, and Music Making with Sibelius.

My thanks are extended to the Middle School staff who were willing to share their passions and skills with the students each Friday afternoon.

Mr Matthew Christopher Friday Activities Coordinator

Service Learning Program

In Term 4, Years 6 and 7 commenced their four-week Service Learning Program, designed to give students an insight into service and to consider what they could do to help others, as well as the enormous benefits of selfless acts.

During this program, students heard from people who have taken up occupations in the service and NFP industries, took part in charity fundraising, learnt about teamwork, and assisted in hands-on service around the School whilst learning basic skills from our property and maintenance teams.

This year was the first time the program was run, and the aim is that the students can transfer some of their learning into their own homes.

Mr Troy Stanley

Head of Middle School