Outdoor Education & Adventure

The outdoor experience

The key life skills of teamwork, communication, decision making, taking responsibility, trust and fun are all developed at Somerset House in our Outdoor Education programme.  Each grade will normally have two camps away from school each year.  The level of “self sufficiency” and the number of nights away increase at each grade and a wide variety of experiences will have been enjoyed by the time Grade 7 is reached.

 

 

 

 

Our Grade 7 programme includes a journey down the Orange River, a Leadership Programme and an end of year outdoor experience.

Most of our camps link with the curriculum and we use our venues as bases from which to explore the local area.

We are in the process of purchasing our own outdoor equipment which will enable pupils to have a wider experience of the outdoors.