Director of Outdoor Education, Tallong Campus

Well June has been a big month at the Tallong campus for our Del Monte students. In the first week our Year 3 students visited Tallong for their first overnight camp and were greeted with beautiful winter conditions. Cool days and crisp nights were perfect for mountain biking, campfires, bushwalks and team building games. The campus is blessed with a wonderful environment to introduce students to mountain biking. With purpose built skills tracks, obstacles and a flowing single track alongside Barbers Creek, students are able to learn the basics of riding a bike along uneven ground. For many of our inner city students this is often the first time they learn to ride a bike. 

After our Year 3 camp we hosted the finale of the St Dominic the Adventurer Award program. Over the past two years, students from Years 3 and 4 have been involved in a co-curricular activity that has been designed and delivered by Mr Chris Walker, the College’s Coordinator of Outdoor Education and Experiential Learning. The final component of the program was a day at Tallong where the students’ bushcraft skills, problem solving, grit and resilience were put to the test. It was wonderful to have the parents’ support on this day and all students passed and received their badges. Well done!

To round out the month of June our little Year 2 students participated in the annual Tallong comes to Del Monte experience. The Tallong team came up from the Highlands and were ably assisted by our Year 10 Outdoor Education Leaders, Mr Chris Walker and Del Monte teachers and parents. Our wonderful Cheffrey baked some special muffins for all. The Tallong team looks forward to welcoming these students to the campus next year.

A huge thank you to all the team who have worked tirelessly this term to ensure high quality programs and experiences have been delivered for all of our clients. During the non-term time the team will be working hard to put everything in place for the inaugural Year 9 winter school occurring during the first few weeks of Term 3.

Kendal Hann
Director of Outdoor Education and Tallong Campus