Outdoor Education at SMUS Senior School

As a school surrounded by forests, oceans and mountains, you’ll have plenty of chances to get outside through school opportunities.

The program provides you with outdoor skills like first aid, learning how to kayak and build a fire, as well as leadership skills like teamwork, perseverance and communication.

Every year, Grade 9-11 students participate in an outtrip with classmates. You’ll get to choose from a variety of trips, including hiking, rock climbing, sailing, sea kayaking, surfing and more.

In Grades 11 and 12, you can take the Outdoor Leadership 12 course and be a student leader on an outdoor trip with younger students.

You can learn more about the outdoor education program on the specific external website:

Visit the Outdoor Education website

Outdoor Leadership Course and Extracurriculars

You have access to a wide range of outdoor activities as a Senior School student. In addition to our Outdoor Leadership course available to students in their Grade 11 year, you will go on an outtrip during each of your Grade 9, 10 and 11 years, and we offer a number of outdoor-focused clubs.

Senior School Outdoor Education students dressed for kayaking

Outdoor Leadership is a course open to students in their Grade 11 year.

You will participate in a leadership and orientation training day, a wilderness first aid session, a winter term trip, a spring term trip and a leadership trip. During the final component in your Grade 12 year, you will take on the role of a student leader on an outdoor trip with younger students.

The course runs outside of classroom time so you can choose options and design the schedule that work best for you.