Outdoor Education
The Director of Outdoor Education, Mr Todd Blackhall, is in charge of the outdoor education camps which are held at a number of different venues depending on boys' ages. Opportunities may be available for expeditions of a more difficult nature for senior students. The outdoor education experience starts in Year 2 with a one night sleep-over and the more formal program commences in Year 3. All boys up to Yr 10 have a program of outdoor education. In Year 11 and 12 Outdoor Education in various guises is an elective area of the curriculum.
Hutchins uses several areas around the State including Maria Island National Park, Bruny Island and the School's own Outdoor Education Centre, the Stephen Hay Memorial Park, at Southport, approximately 100 km South from Hobart, and on the edge of the World heritage SW Wilderness region.
Some of the activities in which boys participate include bushwalking, cave exploration, adventure ropes courses, surfing and kayaking, mountain climbing, rock climbing & abseiling, map reading, studying, ecology, coastal geology and geography, problem solving and many other activities.
For further information please contact Mr Todd Blackhall.
