Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education is considered the ninth area of learning at Scotch College. Boys in Years 5 to 10 participate in a compulsory Outdoor Education programme.

The School has its own Outdoor Education Centre, Moray - situated on the banks of the Murray River, four kilometres south of Dwellingup.

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Boys in Years 5 to 9 visit Moray as part of their Outdoor Education curriculum. This programme develops and tests initiative, leadership and self-reliance through:

• bushcraft

• cooking

• navigation

• bushwalking

• canoeing

• kayaking

• rock-climbing

• surfing

• field studies

The programme has an emphasis on environmental studies, which links to the Primary and Middle Years Programmes of the International Baccalaureate.

In Year 10, boys choose from a variety of expeditions:

• Leeuwin

• Surfing

• Bushwalking

• Canoeing

• Cycling

• Climbing, Caving & Abseiling

• White Water Kayaking

• Sea Kayaking

These expeditions are seen as the culmination of a boys Outdoor Education experience at Scotch.