OpenEducation4Schools/Three Peaks Combined Year 7 and 8 Camp
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Sutton - Bikes and Art Camp
- Year 7 and 8 pupils from Warrington, Macraes Moonlight and Purakanui Schools
- Camping at Sutton Outdoor Education facility March - every odd year
Goal
- To allow the pupils from these isolated schools to associate with other children of similar age and backgrounds EOTC
- To learn safe cycling skills in a bike friendly climate - flat roads, rail trail and few other road users Health and PE
- To appreciate and participate in poetry depicting the Otago landscape such as Brian Turner.
- To immerse the pupils in art works depicting the beautiful landscapes of the area and artists such as Graeme SydneyThe Arts
Method
- Each school will make their way to the camp with bikes and art equipment
- Warrington will organise the food for the 4 days
- Each day the group will cycle off to explore the countryside to make sketches and take photos of the local scenery
- Back at camp pupils will then use their sketches to create artist works using a variety of mediums
- Each school will specialise in an art medium and bring materials and resources to camp to support this
- Invite artists to visit us at Sutton to share their skills
Other bits
- Swimming and diving each afternoon at the Middlemarch pool
- Gaining a geological understanding of the area via Schist outcrops
- Environmental focus via the conservation of the Otago Skink
- Sutton Salt Lake
- Rail trail ride
- Cycling Ram
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