SENIOR SCHOOL CAMPS WEEK

It was wonderful to be able to experience Camps Week again this year. Camps focus on learning opportunities that help students build their independence, conquer fears, test their abilities and most importantly, provide them with lifelong experiences and memories. This years camps took our Senior School students hiking to the Kosciuszko Trail, The Alpine Trail, and Jindabyne as well as Thredbo Minimbah, Coolendel and Byadbi.

Activities included archery, mountain biking, rock climbing, bushwalking, abseiling, and Indigenous knowledge integration.

Ib Diploma Camp

As part of Camps week, Year 11 IB Diploma students had the opportunity to take their learning into the outdoors and support their Theory of Knowledge course and Sciences through a curriculum connected experience in Namadji National Park and Green Hills in the Cotter River. Students engaged in a range of experiences creating scientific enquiries and experiments in the bush, navigating with technology and engaging in Indigenous knowledge and society. Sessions were lead by students in their research, CGS Staff and University of Canberra’s Professor Brad Moggridge, Dreamtime Connection’s Aaron Chatfield and Former CGS Indigenous Scholar Kye Moggridge in what has become a world-leading curriculum-connected learning experience. Students were able to investigate the concepts of how knowledge is owned and the importance of culture in understanding knowledge.

– Graham Maltby, IB Diploma Programme Coordinator