Illumine
Illumine
Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Illumine from the Students: Outdoor Education at BGGS
17 minutes Posted Oct 4, 2022 at 4:00 am.
Kim, please tell us about your role as Director of Marrapatta
Can you tell us what you think is so important about the Outdoor Education program at Girls Grammar?
Why is our Marrapatta Campus such a special place for these sorts of learning experiences?
Why is the Outdoor Education Program at Girls Grammar so much more than a ‘school camp’?
What does a typical day at Marrapatta can involve for the girls?
What types of learning activities do you and the educators offer as stimulus for the girls across the different Year levels?
Do the girls have any nights away camping in tents?
Girls, can you tell us about your most recent experience on the Year 9 program, Journeys?
Girls, how important is the attitude that you bring to Marrapatta?
What was your camp experience like at Marrapatta the first time you went, as a Year 7 student?
Do you think the experience encourages independence and growth in yourself as a person?
Girls, what advice do you have for our current Year 7 students who are going to be embarking on their first Marrapatta adventure?
What would you say to parents who are a little apprehensive about their daughter’s first trip to Marrapatta—what words of reassurance and advice do you have for them?
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It is largely undisputed that spending time outdoors and in nature is physically and mentally beneficial. School camps are often designed to take these outdoor experiences one step further by inviting students to truly step outside their comfort zone, embrace the environment and explore parts of themselves that are not as easily accessible in our everyday lives. But getting out of our comfort zone and embracing the unfamiliar can also bring some anxiety and apprehension—for both student...