Curriculum links

We have created a suite of four fully resourced Themed Programs designed to enhance the overall camp experience for students and teachers. Each is designed to link the students experience to the Australian Curriculum.

Our Adventure Camp incorporates four different themed programs of instructor-led activities that assist teachers in meeting the outcomes of their teaching and learning programs. The educational outcomes relate to health, well-being and personal and social development, and are achieved through an engaging experiential learning process.

The themed programs have been designed in consultation with experienced practising teachers to assist students in achieving educational outcomes that align with Version 8 of the Australian Curriculum. Our themed programs’ key outcomes align primarily with the Health and Physical Education Curriculum and General Capabilities, however there are additional alignments with cross-curricular priorities and links to other key learning areas.

Health and physical education learning area

Our four themed programs emphasise health and well-being, team building, resilience and leadership through a challenging, relevant and engaging experiential learning process. These directly align with the Health and Physical Education Curriculum’s aim to help students build resilience and develop the ability to make informed decisions that lead to a healthy, safe and active lifestyle. The content of the themed programs focus on personal skills developed through participation in a variety of instructor-led activities. The Health and Physical Education Curriculum outlines movement as a productive vehicle for learning, where the acquiring, practising and refining of personal, social and cognitive skills are fostered through various practical environments. Our activities are structured to encourage students to develop skills in decision making, problem-solving, critical and creative thinking, and cooperation. The curriculum highlights that the development of skills are facilitated through students collaborating in teams of various sizes to resolve practical and theoretical components of movement challenges. Working through these movement tasks allows the development of significant inter-personal attributes such as the awareness and management of self and resiliency towards the achievement of a performance goal.

General capabilities

Literacy

Our themed programs introduce specific terminology related to the activities and theme. During activities, students are required to use effective communication within their supporting group, to achieve outcomes. Students analyse their own and others contributions, through conversing in discussions and reflection in their student journals.

Numeracy

In a number of activities, students use, collect and analyse information related to navigation in the outdoors, active fitness challenges or various skill performances. They use spatial reasoning in movement sequences and in developing concepts and strategies for individual and team sports, or recreational activities.

Information and communication technology capability

Students are encouraged to complete pre and post student journal research and investigative tasks relating to their camp experience and program theme.

Critical and creative thinking

The themed programs are designed to help develop students’ ability to think logically, critically and creatively in response to a range of challenges. In all activities, the students’ critical and creative thinking skills are developed through learning experiences that encourage them to pose questions and seek solutions.

Personal and social capability

Working collaboratively with others during activities and in the communal living environment develops students’ personal and social skills, as well as an appreciation of their own strengths and abilities; and those of their peers. They develop a range of interpersonal skills such as communication, negotiation, teamwork and leadership, and an appreciation of diverse perspectives.

Ethical understanding

While on camp, students are taught the importance of treating others with integrity, fairness and compassion, while valuing and respecting diversity and equality. Students are exposed to ethical principles and codes of practice appropriate to different contexts such as communal living and the natural environment. As students explore concepts and consequences of fair play, equitable participation, empathy and respect, they develop skills to make ethical decisions and understand the consequences of their actions.

Intercultural understanding

Through participation in Indigenous games and orienteering, students will learn to appreciate the beliefs and perspectives of the traditional land owners of each site.

Cross-curriculum priorities

Participation in Indigenous games and orienteering activities provides students with a focus on developing an understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

Links to other key learning areas

English—Helping students understand codes and conventions used to communicate meaning through different texts.

Mathematics—Utilising size, scale, shape, pattern, proportion, orientation and spatial awareness.

Science—Communicating with others, problem-solving, comprehending and using existing resources to develop new ideas.

Geography—Connecting with the environment, and enhancing students’ identity and sense of belonging.

Curriculum resources

Our curriculum resources for Year Bands 5/6 and 7/8 are designed to support teachers and students in preparation for their school’s camp experience with us and maximise the learning outcomes from our themed programs. Through the selection of your themed program and instructor-led activities, we are able to build your customised teacher and student resources to support your program. They include pre and post-camp activities, such as research tasks and classroom activities.

The environment at our Recreation Precincts provides students with multiple means of working toward curriculum outcomes. During camp, students reflect on their experiences through the use of journals at the end of each day. Teachers are provided with resources to track and assess students’ capabilities, which can be used as a tool for summative assessment.

Teacher resources

Program sheets are designed to assist teachers in selecting their themed program by outlining the key outcomes of each program. They also list the content descriptors that can be achieved for the relevant activities.

Activity sheets provide activity descriptions and identify the learning area/s, content descriptors and elaborations that can be achieved within the activity. Activity sheets are designed to be used in conjunction with the student journal as a means of supporting evidence of students’ achievements. An activity sheet will be provided for each of the activities within your finalised program.

Observation sheets are used to track and assess student’s achievements of personal and social capabilities while on camp. The sheets also provide teachers with an overview of their themed program’s key outcomes.

Student resources

Student journals are designed to be used pre, during and post-camp. The journal asks questions drawn directly from the Health and Physical Education Curriculum. It also contains reflection sheets for all activities within your themed program, which can be used as assessment evidence for attaining achievement standards. The journal has pre-camp activities designed to assist students in preparing for camp. While on camp, it is used daily for self-assessment. Post-camp activities have been included to enable students to reflect on the whole camp experience, and encourage continued participation in sport and recreation activities within their local communities.