Our Overnight Camps are suitable for Stage 2 and above. Wooglemai EEC has a long tradition of offering fun and exciting camps that engage students in a variety of quality learning experiences. We have a range of packages to offer including our peer support/ recreational activities as well as our engaging curriculum based programs within the beautiful Nattai National Park.
Overnight programs provide a unique opportunity for students to develop independence, build teamwork skills, challenge themselves, explore new environments and develop social and emotional resilience whilst immersed in nature. Wooglemai EEC will work cooperatively with your school to deliver a two or three day camp program that is tailored to your desired student outcomes. Choose from a range of activities including bushwalking, leadership and team building games, archery, high ropes, sport, art, sustainability and curriculum linked activities.
Accommodation features
- Overnight accommodation for 47 students
- Bunk beds with mattresses and pillows supplied
- Separate teachers’ dorms with ensuites
- Rustic kitchen and dining room
- Large common room with slow combustion fire
- Bathrooms with hot showers
- Covered BBQ area with seating
Use Wooglemai EEC as a base for your Bronze Adventurous Journey. Wooglemai teachers assist with finding suitable bushwalks and can offer kayaking to provide a second activity for day 2 (if numbers and weather permit). Program can be modified to suit your specific needs.
Students perform an in-depth investigation into the nature of ecosystems by performing the mandatory fieldwork component of their syllabus. Students learn about sampling methods and perform both a quadrat and transect study. During these scientific studies students will learn to use a range of scientific equipment to measure, observe, identify and report on biotic and abiotic factors that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms within the environment.
Students will also estimate the size of a plant population and use sand beds and motion sensor cameras to determine animal abundance.
DAY 2
Students check sand beds and cameras to determine the diversity local mammal species (generally we observe wallabies, wombats, lyrebirds and some invasive species). We will take a close look at these animals and discuss some of the adaptations they have to survive in the unique environment.
Students identify and study examples of allelopathy, parasitism, mutualism and commensalism within an ecosystem and the role of organisms in each type of relationship. Students also identify some adaptations of living things by performing a case study of one local animal and plant species. There will also be opportunity to identify human impacts within the ecosystem.
Use Wooglemai EEC as a part of your Outdoor Education course. Wooglemai offers bushwalking, archery, teamwork games and kayaking (if numbers and weather permit). Students can sleep in tents or cabins. Program can be modified to suit your specific needs.
Key Information
Students and staff will need to bring their own recess and lunch on the first day of camp.
Schools must organise their own menu and meals (using parent helpers) or you may wish to appoint a caterer. Wooglemai takes no part in the organisation of food for camps.
Many of our schools use Lana Sokolsky, 0409 909 381 or at lanaandmicksokolsky@gmail.com
Lana has quickly become a favourite because the quality of food provided and value are both excellent. She will take all the hassle out of feeding your students by preparing delicious food and serving it for you. Lana provides a full range of catering options.
Overnight Stays
- $20 per student, per night
Recreational Activities
- High Ropes: $5 per student
- Archery: $5 per student
- Kayaking: $10 per student
- Bushwalking, Initiative Games, Environmental Studies and Curriculum based activities are included at no extra cost.
Equipment that must be supplied by schools/students:
- All meals (there are NO facilities to purchase food or drinks at Wooglemai)
- Hat and sunscreen
- Appropriate clothing for activities
- Enclosed shoes
- Rain jacket and warm clothing if weather requires