Parents

Maroon Outdoor Education Centre is committed to providing students with valuable and safe learning experiences. Below are some suggestions for you to help your child get the most out of their Maroon experience.

Before coming to Maroon OEC

Information for Parents

This information sheet details the type of activities students may be involved in during their program at Maroon OEC.

Essential Clothing and Equipment List

What will be needed for the Maroon experience.

During their time at Maroon OEC

When they get home

Maroon OEC programs are designed to assist students to learn about themselves and their classmates. At the end of a program all students are encouraged to take what they have learnt here and apply it at home and school.

Questions you could ask:

What games did you play?

What would you like to do again?

Who did you make friends with?

What were the biggest challenges ?

How did your group work together?

If you did it again what would you change?

What did you learn?

Have you got any photos?

Did you go for a swim?

How many stairs did you have to walk up to get back to the cabins?

Where are your dirty clothes?

Did you have to wash up?

Who did you share a room with?

What were the cabins like?

What was your favourite meal?

Did you eat all of your vegetables?

How did you cook your meals on campout?

Where did you camp?

Did you have to dig a toilet?

How did you fit everything into your backpack?

What was the scenery like?

Was the bushwalking hard?

Have you lost anything?

Where are your wet shoes?