Year 5 Outdoor Education Program

The Year 5 Outdoor Education Program recently took place at Tallong. The students challenged themselves by completing a range of activities including Orienteering, Mountain Biking, Abseiling, Group Challenges, Service Learning (removing fireweed which is a fire hazard) and Streamwatch (examining the insects living in the natural environment by the creek). A great time was had by all as the students forged new friendships and moved outside their comfort zones. Of course it wouldn’t be Tallong without ‘Chefferey’s’ amazing food. Read some of the students’ reflections below.

Highlights

A highlight for me was abseiling because I was too scared to do it last year, but this year my friends in my group encouraged me. I found it really fun. I did it twice! I was really proud.
Perla Charbel

Bike riding. I enjoyed bike riding because it was fun going around the tracks and going up and down the hills.
Alyssa D’Agostino

My highlights were abseiling, streamwatch and showers. I enjoyed abseiling because it was fun having to lean back and have support. Also climbing down to the rock was really fun. I also enjoyed Streamwatch. Some people fell in and everyone was laughing including those who fell in. I enjoyed the showers. It was really nice getting to be clean after being dirty all day.
Ava Lapanaitis

Challenges

My two challenges were riding a mountain bike because I never rode one before. The scale was confusing but eventually I got the hang of it. My other challenge was falling asleep on the first night because I was so excited and happy.
Irina Li

I found the streamwatch challenging because it was hard to catch a bug and not fall in.
Alyssa D’Agostino

My challenge was getting through the day with wet shoes. My second challenge was mountain biking because of the trail. It was challenging because the trail was really thin, wet, slippery and rocky.
Ava Lapanaitis

Something I learned

I learned how to light a camp stove using fuel and a matchstick.
Ava Lapanaitis

I learned to never doubt yourself. This is because of the amount of activities that I was scared to do but I did and I really enjoyed them.
Perla Charbel

I learned how to balance across a rope.
Alyssa D’Agostino