Brief overview of Outdoor Education
Students in this program will be put in position to learn, apply, and experience the following Big Ideas:
- Participation in outdoor activities allows for the development of skills in a complex and dynamic environment.
- Spending time outdoors allows us to develop an understanding of the natural environment, ourselves, and others.
- Participating safely in outdoor activities requires communication, teamwork, and collaboration
- Participation in outdoor activities allows for the development of leadership skills that can be applied in a variety of contexts and environments
What does this mean? Well, in essence, we believe getting outside allows us to experience our world and ourselves in new and meaningful ways. Sometimes that means getting uncomfortable. Sometimes that means doing things that are challenging for us. Whatever it is we are doing, though, we are looking to grow as human beings, to experience our lives more fully, and to grow in our connection with each other and our land.
We will be doing a myriad of activities as a part of this program. Most commonly this will be getting outside in our local area for walks and hikes, either as a standalone experience or as a cross-curricular experience with English First Peoples. For example, we may meet in the morning at the school, and instead of meeting in a classroom we get on a bus and drive out to Golden Ears park, where we go on an hour long hike to the river, reading our English material along the way. Once at the river, we may do some reflecting and writing on what we read, and then we may transition to learning some survival or first aid skills using the environment around us. At some point we'd hike back to the bus and get back to school in time for your afternoon classes.
At other times we may do larger trips, maybe overnight backpacking or canoeing, etc. All of these experiences will be tied to your English First Peoples content and vice versa.
Other days, we may stay at the school and for our Outdoor Education block we may learn some outdoor first aid technique, or practice different ways of tying knots, or play capture the flag around our grounds, or go on a nice long walk around our community.
The PHE Topics/Skills you can expect to learn could include orienteering, navigation, survival, safety, first aid, equipment management, equipment maintenance, knot tying, environmentalism, plant identification, foraging, outdoor activity specific skills, environmental responsibility and sustainability and more!
Really the possibilities are endless. The goals is to get outside, and in doing so increase our comfort in being in any variety of outdoor environments in a safe, sustainable, and enriching way
- Participation in outdoor activities allows for the development of skills in a complex and dynamic environment.
- Spending time outdoors allows us to develop an understanding of the natural environment, ourselves, and others.
- Participating safely in outdoor activities requires communication, teamwork, and collaboration
- Participation in outdoor activities allows for the development of leadership skills that can be applied in a variety of contexts and environments
What does this mean? Well, in essence, we believe getting outside allows us to experience our world and ourselves in new and meaningful ways. Sometimes that means getting uncomfortable. Sometimes that means doing things that are challenging for us. Whatever it is we are doing, though, we are looking to grow as human beings, to experience our lives more fully, and to grow in our connection with each other and our land.
We will be doing a myriad of activities as a part of this program. Most commonly this will be getting outside in our local area for walks and hikes, either as a standalone experience or as a cross-curricular experience with English First Peoples. For example, we may meet in the morning at the school, and instead of meeting in a classroom we get on a bus and drive out to Golden Ears park, where we go on an hour long hike to the river, reading our English material along the way. Once at the river, we may do some reflecting and writing on what we read, and then we may transition to learning some survival or first aid skills using the environment around us. At some point we'd hike back to the bus and get back to school in time for your afternoon classes.
At other times we may do larger trips, maybe overnight backpacking or canoeing, etc. All of these experiences will be tied to your English First Peoples content and vice versa.
Other days, we may stay at the school and for our Outdoor Education block we may learn some outdoor first aid technique, or practice different ways of tying knots, or play capture the flag around our grounds, or go on a nice long walk around our community.
The PHE Topics/Skills you can expect to learn could include orienteering, navigation, survival, safety, first aid, equipment management, equipment maintenance, knot tying, environmentalism, plant identification, foraging, outdoor activity specific skills, environmental responsibility and sustainability and more!
Really the possibilities are endless. The goals is to get outside, and in doing so increase our comfort in being in any variety of outdoor environments in a safe, sustainable, and enriching way