Outdoor Education Trinity College students continued to enjoy Outdoor Education as an elective subject in 2015. Mr Brett Silver Outdoor Education Coordinator The combination of high numbers and enthusiastic students provided staff and students with a number of memorable experiences and camps. Students involved in Outdoor Education need to be congratulated on an outstanding year and, hopefully, they will continue to choose it as an elective subject. Year 7 students are introduced to Outdoor Education with a variety of activities such as cooking, fishing, kayaking and snorkeling. Their experiences are always created to build friendships, communication and confidence within the cohort. The boys thoroughly enjoy the subject as seen in the following short pieces written by our Year 7 students.
Year 11 students six day expedition in the north-west of Western Australia. Sailing through the islands of the Dampier Archipelago
In Outdoor Ed this year I really enjoyed the cooking, because after all the lessons at the end I learnt to do something in my kitchen. I also enjoyed kayaking because it was really fun doing something with your friends. Jordan Schu (7.6) Outdoor Ed was really fun this year. Coming into it I didn’t really know what to expect. When I was told we were doing camp cooking I was really excited. I have never been camping before so to cook on the trangia stove was really cool. The highlight was cooking our own Spaghetti Bolognese. It was delicious. We then did kayaking on the Swan River. This was really fun to learn some of the techniques used to kayak better through the water. When we did snorkeling I was again unsure of it having never been snorkeling before. It turned out that by the end I found out I really enjoyed it. Coming from not much experience with outdoor activities I feel I have developed lots of necessary skills. Riley Mattingly (7.2)
Dampier Camp – Turner Hill Mountain Bike Trail
My favourite subject in school is Outdoor Education because instead of being stuck in a classroom we get to go outside and enjoy a wide variety of activities such as cooking, kayaking and snorkeling. The one I enjoyed the most was kayaking because we went down to the river and saw lots of different wildlife such as birds and plants. Caleb Webb (7.6)
Dampier Camp
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