Outdoor Education

Our philosophy is ...

"To take every girl out of the everyday environment of school and home into the outdoors in the natural environment of New Zealand. To engender an understanding of the challenges, risks and opportunities of living in our unique outdoors and experiencing the reality of a life without material things and comforts of modern living and technology."

Every girl will:

• challenge herself mentally and physically
• work as a team in challenging outdoor situations
• have opportunities of leadership
• solve simple physical problems that relate to basic survival
• overcome physical, mental and relationship obstacles
• develop resilience and self-reliance
• learn to see and understand nature and its intricate balances
• develop independence
• have time for self reflection

The Outdoor Education programme is a journey which begins at year 7 and is built on in subsequent years to year 12 where leadership becomes an important component and is linked with a school based leadership programme.