Outdoor education

Annual School Camps

At JRAHS, annual school camps are held for each year group from Years 7-11 led by the school’s Wellbeing Team. The camps are designed to complement our Wellbeing Roadmap - a strategic plan tailoring specific programs to meet the evolving needs of each year group.

The program offers age-appropriate challenges that contribute to the cognitive, emotional, and social development of each student.

Wellbeing Camp Program

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award

From 1979, JRAHS has proudly been involved in  The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award  and the school is an official Award Centre.

The Award is a self-development internationally recognised programme available for young people aged 14-24. Being non-competitive, it encourages students to set and achieve personal goals at a level appropriate to their unique needs through persistence, perseverance and determination. It builds valuable skills to equip them for life and work.

There are three levels of Merit to the Award: Bronze (minimum start age is 14 years), Silver and Gold with each level progressively more challenging. The Gold Award is presented by the Governor of New South Wales.

There are mandatory four Sections: Physical Recreation, Skills, Voluntary Service,  Adventurous Journey  plus  Gold Residential Project  (Gold Level only).

To encourage all Ruse students to participate, the outdoor education programme has been designed so that the Year 9 annual camp can be used to fulfil the Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award level Adventurous Journey training and practice hike requirement.

A student information meeting for this programme is annually presented in Term 1 to Year 9 students.