As part of our Education Outside the Classroom programme, our Year 7 students will be embarking on their annual camp to Dunedin in Term 4. The goals of this camp are to provide an urban experience for our Year 7 students as a change from the outdoors camps that many have experienced in Year 6, and to provide opportunities for social interaction with peers and adults in a range of places and learning settings that are unavailable in Invercargill. The camp has strong ties to our term studies- ‘My Place- My Story’, ‘My Hauora- Our Strength’, ‘Our Place- Our Legacy’ and ‘My Courage- Our Challenge’.

A detailed camp programme will be available closer to your child’s camp. In past years camp activities have included:

• Otago Museum: Exhibition Activities
• Toitu – Otago Early Settlers Museum: Education Programme
• Lan Yuan Gardens
• Sports Hall of Fame: Exhibition Quiz
• Otago Aquarium: Supper in the Sea Programme
• Dunedin Public Art Gallery: Education Programme
• Moana Pool: Hydroslide/Recreation
• Unipol Gymnasium/Boxfit class
• Beach excursion (weather permitting)
• Meridian Mall: Recreation

Supervision: Each class will be accompanied by SGHS staff members and parent helpers.

Parental Help: School camps have proven to be very popular with parents and we encourage you to attend. However, there is a limit on how many we can take and this varies from class to class. The cost for parent helpers is $150.00.

If you are interested in going with your child’s homeroom class to Dunedin please email their homeroom teacher for information about the role and how to apply. (Email format for teachers is: [email protected])

Class allocations to each camp will be announced by Wednesday 25 September 2024.

Please also note that 7MT will be split amongst the other 4 classes. Mrs Tiplady will advise of the groupings and classes the students will be going with.

Classes	Date In	Date Out
7AD/7CC/some of 7MT	Mon November 18	Wed November 20
7SS/some of 7MT	Wed November 20	Fri November 22
7EM/some of 7MT	Mon November 25	Wed November 27

 Departure: Students must be at school to help with the loading of gear by 6:45am. The camp bus will be departing at 7:00 am sharp. 

Arrival: Arrive back at Southland Girls’ High School at approximately 5:00 pm. The bus departs Dunedin at 1:30 pm with a stop off at Waihola for lunch.

Accommodation: Studholme College, 110 Clyde St and Otago Museum, 419 Great King St

Costs: full payment due by Friday 1 November 2024.

• $310.00 per student– this covers transport, accommodation, food, educational programmes, and other incidental costs. Please pay by 4 November 2024
• $150.00 per parent – for attending parents only. 
• Please Note: School procedures is full payment must be received by the due date for your child to be eligible to attend camp. If the payment and permission form is not completed by the due date your child will be withdrawn from attending camp. Once payment has been made and camp has commenced there will be no refunds.  Payments will be allocated to any unpaid fees and charges on your child’s account first.

Transport: Transport to, from, and around Dunedin will be by bus with Go Bus

• Transport Route: We can pick students up and drop them off along the way; there must be a parent present. The bus will go to and from Dunedin via State Highway 1. If you want your child picked up and/or dropped off along the way, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher.

Gear List: Click here

Mobile Phones: In line with the government’s “Phone away for the day” policy students are not to bring their mobile phones with them on camp

Spending Money:  Time permitting the students will be able to spend some time in the Meridian mall. Optional spending money at most $10.

This event contains risks, including urban city environments, traffic, members of the general public, and behaviours at public places (eg swimming pool, shopping centre). Students will be directly supervised by school staff and parent helpers except for a designated period of time at Meridian Mall where students will be in groups of 2 or 3 with staff available at specified points.

This event is supervised by school staff who will manage risk and hazards according to the school’s safety management plan.  This will be managed through careful planning and communication, including clear instructions to students as to parameters for safe behaviour and staying in groups in public places. While risks can be maintained to acceptable levels they cannot be totally eliminated.  Some risk is retained for its learning and experiential value.  If you wish to come in to school to see our safety management systems or have any questions, feel free to contact your child’s homeroom teacher in the first instance or Elaine McEvoy and Shona Skelt on [email protected] and [email protected].

It is important for safety reasons that students follow instructions given to them by all staff and follow all appropriate school rules. Behaviour by students that is deemed dangerous and puts themselves and/or others at undue risk will result in removal from the trip at your expense and restricted access to future trips.

All students attending school camp must complete permission and health form below before 4 November 2024