Abbotsleigh’s outdoor education programs for Kindergarten through to Year 12 call extensively upon the girls’ ability to rely upon each other. Through bushwalking, camping, high and low ropes courses, rock climbing, canoeing and navigating, Abbotsleigh girls are taught responsibility and the value of working within a challenge by choice environment.
Outdoor education is a significant component of the Abbotsleigh curriculum and our program takes every advantage of the diversity of natural environments available in NSW.
The program illustrates Abbotsleigh’s commitment to experiential learning and enhances the effectiveness of learning by providing situations where consequence of action has a ‘real’ and ‘timely’ impact through elements of ‘perceived risk’.
The philosophy of the program has its foundation in self reliance, personal growth and development through participation in adventurous challenges. Activities allow students to expand their own horizons, as well as refine social skills like cooperative and collaborative teamwork.