Outdoor Camp

As part of our program, the Upper Primary School provides a two night/three day camp experience from Grades 4-5 and a one night/three day camp for Grade 3. For many parents and children, this is the highlight of their Upper Primary experience. We remain committed to providing a developmentally appropriate camping experience for our students, and feel this is an important stage in a child’s life to engage in experiences that camp provides, while taking safe risks of being away from the comforts their home environment provides.Upper Primary Camp Goals: Character Development

Team BuildingBuilding ResilienceTaking safe risksBuilding relationships with peers and adults

Upper Primary’s camp experience is a time for our whole school to go off to camp as part of our educational program. Camp is an integral part of the Upper Primary program and all children are expected to attend. Camp is a three day/two night experience run by an external camp provider with highly trained instructors skilled in health and safety, outdoor pursuits and water activities.At camp children work in teams, are responsible for following schedules, cooking their food and cleaning up afterwards, maintaining their cabins/tents, taking positive risks, practicing flexibility and experiencing time away from home in a structured and safe setting. Camp provides an opportunity for character development and most importantly, having fun.In an effort to achieve our camp goals in building resilience and taking safe risks, we do not allow parents to attend our school camps. We believe our camping experience is an opportunity for children to be away from home, including the developmentally appropriate nudge of being away from mom and dad for 2 nights.