Geraldton

Geraldton Camp School

Accommodates: 86

Camp School Directed Activities

  • Camp School Directed Activities
  • Curriculum support - all eight learning areas
  • Team building - cooperation games, low ropes course, rafting, trust activities
  • Marine activities - beach games, environmental studies, fishing, snorkelling and beach hikes, rafting, boogie boarding, sandboarding and surf education
  • Town tours - mountain bike ride, bus tour and/or harbour cruise of local historical sites, fishing harbour, new marina, seal colony and wharf
  • Outdoor education - orienteering, hiking, overnight camping, bike education, rafting, low ropes course
  • Environmental science - snake handling, macro invertebrates, birds of prey, beach science, swamp romp, Greenough River or beach walk
  • Science - design and build constructions, low ropes course

Specially Designed Programs

  • Leadership - student council, prefects, peers support, senior students (Winner Open Division Excellence at the Mid West Awards 2000)
  • Team Building - staff and students
  • Personal development programs - self-esteem, conflict resolution, peer mediation
  • Orientation/induction - new staff and students
  • Students At Educational Risk - self-esteem, experiential learning
  • Conference/seminar centre - DET or community groups professional development workshops
  • Special purpose camps/workshops - sports, cooperation, cadets, curriculum-based and reward camps
  • Career education/VET - personal profiles, career investigations, application and interview techniques
  • Gifted and Talented - Curriculum-based ie technology, arts and sports

Local Excursions

  • Geraldton: crayfish factory (November-June), Maritime Museum, Cooperative Bulk Handling, Iluka Resources Ltd, radio station, fire and police station, harbour cruise, bakery, theatre, art gallery
  • Greenough: Pioneer Museum, wildlife park, Greenough Hamlet Village, Walkaway Railway Museum, Greenough River cruise or walk, cultural tour
  • Kalbarri: gorge hike or walk, scenic town tour, coastal gorges, tropical bird park, canoeing, horse riding, abseiling

Recreation Centres

  • Aquarena - indoor/outdoor pool with slide
  • Climbing wall (Police and Citizens Youth Club)
  • Movies - 4 picture cinemas
  • Golf - mini golf, 2 x 18hole courses

Contact Geraldton Camp School

347 Chapman Road
Geraldton WA 6530
Camp School Manager: Carol Hamilton Walsh
Telephone: (08) 9923 1742
Mobile: 0427 231 742
Fax: (08) 9923 1944
Email: carol.hamilton@det.wa.edu.au
          corinne.comito@det.wa.edu.au (Registrar)
Websites: www.geraldtoncampschool.wa.edu.au