Camps

Camps are a part of the Barrenjoey High School curriculum and they are organised in accordance with Department of Education and Training (DET) policy on excursions.

The camps are organised to be an integral part of the students' learning program in the following ways. They:

• provide a means by which year groups and cross year groups can develop cohesive, positive, respectful and tolerant relationships;
• provide opportunities to build team and group learning protocols;
• encourage students to develop a sense of self reliance and independence and an appreciation of difference;
• provide field study to meet mandatory requirements in History and syllabus outcomes in Geography, Personal Development, Health & Physical Education (PD/H/PE) and Science;
• enable year advisers and organising teachers to establish and maintain a solid base for future working relationships;
• develop a positive social environment that will underpin relationships within the year group and across the school; and
• use PD/H/PE, Geography, History, Technology and Science activities as the curriculum background to achieve the above aims.

All students are expected to participate in their year group camp and more information about venue, cost and dates can be obtained from the relevant year adviser.

Students are selected to participate in the interschool visit on merit.