This outdoor education class for L45 is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to thrive in nature. The main focus will be to explore the hills, bush, and coastlines that make Aotearoa New Zealand an amazing place to grow up. Students are welcome to participate in this course for the entire year.
This program offers a holistic and exciting journey into the world of outdoor exploration. It will foster a connection with nature and encourage you to become a responsible and active member of the environmental community.
You will improve your fitness and learn about personal responsibility and about respecting nature, others, and yourself. Personal equipment is needed. Parental help is needed to make this programme work, like transport and hiking with the group.
A newsletter is provided to coordinate all upcoming events. This class is a full-day program (you will not participate in the Wednesday afternnon Red class if you choose this class). Some days have been known to go beyond the normal school finishing time on Wednesdays.
During the year, this class will work along with the L678 Outdoor Education class.
Day Walks and Summits: Multiple times per term, we venture out to summit our local hills/mountains. This is all part of the training for our multi-day walks.
Urban Exploring: Christchurch offers an array of adventures via our bus network. We explore our rivers, the Port Hills, and local bushlands and coastlines, and develop a greater understanding of local history.
Learning by Doing: Master essential skills like fire-making, equipment use, plant and animal identification, trap construction, and tracking. You'll also delve into the history of local Maori and colonisers, geological formations, and weather patterns. Learn to navigate using maps, GPS, and animal tracks. There will be sessions held at the Climate Action Campus.
Predator Control: One of New Zealand’s lofty goals is to be predator-free by 2050. We can be part of that. Let’s make traps, develop trap lines and do our part to save our birds and the environment.
Overnight Tramps: We have multiple overnight tramps per term to huts or tents. These are in the bush, into the hills and tussuck lands, along river and lake sides. At the end of the year, the goal is for a multi-day tramping trip. Only those who have taken part in an othernight tramp in this class are eligible to be in the multiday tramps in term 4.2.