Outdoor Education message to the Woodridge community

The Way 21 day Journey

Great TRYi - The Journey 2019

Live loops with Kechou feat. Angus Teeton

Great Try/i 2018

Adventure Learning...hiking through the Van Stadens Gorge, negotiating the steep gradients, hopping on your mountain bike and tackling narrow trails, gravel and sand. The next day, you don't just paddle any canoe. No! You've been skilled to paddle the F1 of water craft, a K1 or K2 down a wide river, often having to contend with tides and wind. Your friends are always there for you and you need them on the 3rd day when you wake up in the dark at 4am and hike for 5hrs on a lonely beach. When you finally make it, with your friends at your side, you feel successful, empowered, and triumphant. Now, imagine you are a twelve-year-old child taking part in these activities during your regular scheduled physical education class. You're now given the confidence.....to do just this.
The Great Try/i actively engages the children in authentic, mentally and physically challenging tasks.
Woodridge children work both independently and collaboratively to complete the 3 night/4 day journey, solve problems, and support one another as they are challenged to go outside of their comfort zones. It is here where the children begin to realise, THERE IS MORE IN THEM THAN THEY THOUGHT. (Kurt Hahn)

We've been exposing young children to adventure sports for 15 years now during the school's extramural programme (in addition to traditional sports) and the results have been phenomenal. It always surprises me what young children can do once their confidence has been boosted and their skills refined.

Woodridge Way 2017 two day adventure race

SA Schools Canoe Sprints 2017

Woodridge Way 2016 Wayfarers Movie

Cycling Woodridge Prep

Canoeing Woodridge Prep

The Recce 2016

15 parents joined some of us staff for a day in the country, covering 52km running, mountain biking and canoeing trails and river to Jeffrey’s Bay. This was a recce for the upcoming 2 day adventure race for qualifying grade 6 and 7 boys and girls. Meeting at school, all kitted up and ready to go at 4.30am the group of 27, with support vehicles headed off into the rising sun to experience stunning scenery and testing their bodies with some realization that there’s something left in the ‘old goat’ still! Zip lining to the finish, socializing at the Spur and waking up the following day as still as a board, everyone agreed it is a must on the school calendar for any adventure loving parent! (view it on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9rsCju7kqQ )

Woodridge Way 2015

Do we have to manicure every inch of our play areas?

Great Tri 2016