Sept 2015 - Broome Camp School

Broome Camp School
High Tide Monthly Newsletter
Step into Adventure
Show Respect, Be Responsible, Challenge Yourself.
Date: 11th September 2015
Issue: 5
Camp School News
We have now entered into the season
of Wirlburu, one of the six seasons in
the Yawuru calendar.
Students plant seeds, make paper bricks, pick fresh
produce and deliver it straight to our kitchen, ready for
dinner that night.
With our new Yawuru Cultural Induction
compulsory for camps when attending
the Broome Camp School, students are
learning about all aspects of the Traditional Owners of
the Broome area, including an interactive power point
which teaches the students Yawuru language including a
welcome, places,
seasons, animals,
vegetation and
even our three
values Show
Respect, Be
Responsible and
Challenge Yourself
in Yawuru.
In line with the Australian Curriculum and the CrossCurriculum Priority of Sustainability, the staff here has
worked hard in various partnerships with KTI and
Bunnings to establish a Community Garden.
The aim of the garden is to teach students the
importance of healthy eating, how to grow your own
vegetables, the 3 “R’s” Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and
how an aquaponics system with Barramundi works.
The aquaponics system is powered free from the sun and
wind with a solar and wind turbine power supply,
teaching students the importance of renewable energy.
Aquaponics
system
designed and
built
by
students at KTI.
All run from
solar and wind
power source.
See you soon at the Broome Camp School!
Tom Wood - “Go the Eagles!”
Broome Camp School Manager
Dampier Primary School Camp
We recently had the privilege of taking our Year 6
students on camp to Broome Camp School. I must
Show Respect, Be Responsible, Challenge Yourself.
say we were impressed from the get go. After a 10 hour
long bus trip we were greeted by the enthusiastic camp
manager Tom Wood. The values that underpin the camp
school of SHOW RESPECT, BE RESPONSIBLE and
CHALLENGE YOURSELF were evident and essential from
the moment you stepped onto the camp school to the
moment you left and our students thrived embracing
them.
In these times where students are labelled as being less
resilient, lack persistence and fail to get along with each
other our group proved these assumptions wrong and
excelled in everything they undertook and this can all be
linked back to the core values of the camp school.
Students tried different things from the numerous
activities, to the wonderful food served by the kitchen.
Our students worked well in team situations be it at the
surf carnival or participating in the milk crate challenge.
Everyone overcame their fear of heights to reach the
summit of the Prusiking course where they could have
easily quit. The tours available to us were captivating,
professionally run and led to questioning that our
students amazed us with.
SUP’s are
Broome
Camps
Schools
newest
Cable Beach
Challenge.
BCS Staff Profile
Name: Sam Fahey
Role at the Camp School:
Gardener and Handy Person
Best thing about my job:
The location, beautiful school grounds, the kids and
workmates.
My Favourite Activity:
Prusiking, I love to see the students challenge themselves
on the vertical rope climb.
Along with “Raft Building” we have introduced “Ballista
Building” focusing on working as a team and knot tying.
Contact Broome Camp School:
7 Millington Rd
I would highly recommend anyone looking to take
students on a journey where they come away better for
it to attend a camp at Broome Camp School. Tom and his
team skills in getting the best from the students were
outstanding and the questions of ‘What did you learn?”
and ‘What did you find challenging?’ really made the
students think. Thank you to all the staff at Broome
Camp School we have already booked for next year.
PO Box 655
Broome WA 6725
Phone: (08) 9192 1421
Mobile: 0427 461 771
Fax:
(08) 9193 5831
Email: [email protected]
Luke Breman
Website: www.broomecampschool.com.au
Principal Dampier Primary School