Our Outdoor Education program aims to provide a variety of experiences considered essential to the total development of each student.
Throughout their schooling, the Christian ethos of the College is embraced with school camps aiming to develop leadership and persistence in the face of challenging situations, and a closer relationship with God.
Our extensive and vibrant camping program provides great opportunities for all children to grow. In addition to compulsory year level camps, various secondary school subjects may embark on expeditions like the Year 11 biology camp.
Current Primary School Camp Program
Year 3 – QCCC Brookfield.
The Year 3 Camp is a centre-based camp featuring a range of activities including Teacher-guided camp orientation, Circus Skills, Survivor Challenge, Nature Workshop, Rock Climbing and GPS Navigation. Students will be encouraged to participate in both challenging activities and enjoyable whole-group activities to help them overcome their fears and to develop trust and respect with their peers. The camp will also provide the opportunity for students to develop new friendships and get to know their teachers better. All of these activities will be closely supervised by the experienced instructors from QCCC Brookfield, College staff and parent volunteers.
Year 4 – APEX Mudjimba
The Year 4 Camp is a centre-based camp featuring a range of activities including Beach Games, Canoeing, Catapults, Radio Rogaine, Mid Ropes and Flying Fox & Rock Climbing. Students will be encouraged to participate in both challenging activities and enjoyable whole-group activities to help them overcome their fears and to develop trust and respect with their peers. The camp will also provide the opportunity for students to develop new friendships and get to know their teachers better. All of these activities will be closely supervised by the experienced instructors from APEX Mudjimba, College staff and parent volunteers.
Year 5 – Somerset
The Year 5 Camp is a centre-based camp featuring a range of activities including archery, canoeing, raft building, crate climbing, giant swing, pool games and tree climbing. Students will be encouraged to participate in both challenging activities and enjoyable whole-group activities to help them overcome their fears and to develop trust and respect with their peers. The camp will also provide the opportunity for students to develop new friendships and get to know their teachers better. All of these activities will be closely supervised by the experienced instructors from APEX Mudjimba, College staff and parent volunteers.
Year 6 – Canberra
The Year 6 Camp is an opportunity for students to build on the resilience, organisation and independence learned during their previous camps. The Canberra Tour is a week long educational experience that allows the students to see our nation’s capital in action. They visit major centres such as Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial and many others. They also experience snow, many of them for the first time!
The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion, the Australian Government is contributing funding of $60.00 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER) program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon the completion of the excursion, upon us complying with certain provisions and upon the completion of relevant paperwork. We are grateful for the contribution of the Australian Government towards this tour.
Secondary School Camp Program
Year 7
Our newest secondary school enjoy the opportunity to get to know each other and their teachers at a two night, three day camp at Luther Heights. The Year 7 camp is a centre-based camp featuring a range of activities including beach games, boogie boarding, riding a flying fox, canoe building, scavenger hunt and team challenges. Students will be encouraged to participate in both challenging activities and enjoyable whole-group activities to help them overcome their fears and to develop trust and respect with their peers.
Year 8
Year 8 students get sandy at Noosa Northshore when they embark on their camp, run by Total Adventures. The camp extends over three days and two nights. There is a heavy focus on working together as a team, building resilience and uniting as a cohort.
Year 9
The Year 9 Camp experience is designed to complement The Rite Journey Program in fostering students’ independence as they transition to Senior school. This expedition-style camp program will include hiking, a camp out, bush skills, initiative-taking activities, geocaching, a flying fox, a giant ladder climbing activity, a vertical play pen activity and an overnight duo experience. All of these activities will be closely supervised by the experienced instructors and by College staff. The camp aims to create an immense feeling of satisfaction and achievement. It is hoped that students come away with a different perspective of their capabilities and outlook on life.
Year 10
The Year 10 camp is a 3 day, 4 night camp held at Bornhoffen PCYC, Natural Bridge (near Nerang). Students participate in a range of activities including hiking, canoeing, abseiling, creeking, problem solving, high ropes and raft building. This camp encourages students to participate in both challenging activities and enjoyable whole-group activities while helping them overcome their fears and to develop trust and respect with their peers. Throughout the camp, students have the opportunity to develop new friendships and to get to know their teachers with the goal of settling into Year 10 more effectively.
Year 11
The Year 11 camp takes place at Emu Gully Adventure Education, situated at Helidon, near Toowoomba. Throughout the four-day camp, students are encouraged to participate in a number of personally challenging activities and enjoyable whole-group activities designed to build a sense of community. These include night walks, climbing walls, mud runs, twister (dune) buggies and warfare-based challenges including skirmish. This camp gives students the opportunity to build solid relationships with their peers and teachers and is designed to:
- encourage students to extend their limits, developing character through successfully managing challenges.
- encourage students to assume responsibility for themselves and, where necessary, for others.
- develop leadership skills and offer opportunities for students to demonstrate their leadership capacity.
- continue to develop skills in cooperation and foster a group identity as a year level that promotes healthy physical, social and emotional growth
Year 12
This camp aims to foster leadership and team building and is held at the Christian Youth Camp (CYC) in Burleigh Heads. Students can look forward to participating in a wide range of activities including a variety of water and beach activities at a patrolled beach. Most years, students have the privilege of having key note speakers address the group. In 2018, students enjoyed having Graham Hyman from ‘Youth Specialties Australia’ run key sessions.