Overnight Programs

Stage 3 or 4

Our most popular camp. Challenge your students' through a series of fun, team building and recreational activities that encourage teamwork, build friendships and teach wellbeing strategies. This is all set in the beautiful natural surrounds of Bobbin Head.

The program is ideally suited for small schools or cohorts of students in Stages 3 or 4 who are looking for an enriching, fun and unique camp experience.

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Prefects, SRC, Peer Support 

The School Leader program provides an opportunity for students to learn leadership skills through activities designed to encourage teamwork, negotiation, problem solving and leadership.

The program is ideally suited to student leadership groups in schools or networks of schools (SRC, leadership/prefect groups and peer support teams) that have taken on leadership responsibilities within their school. 

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Stage 6 Geography or Science

The focus of the two-day program is to undertake a scientific or geographical investigation of the mangrove or eucalypt ecosystem at Bobbin Head.

During the program, the students will work collaboratively in small groups to explore the local environment, use fieldwork equipment to gather data and finally create a short film to communicate their findings.

This program is suitable for Stage 6 geography or science students and can be used to help complete a depth study.

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Aboriginal students

Run in conjunction with Hornsby Local AECG, the Cultural Immersion and Awareness overnight camp is for local Aboriginal students from Years 5 to 9.

The aim of the overnight camp is to:

• connect and engage with culture through community members
• develop leadership skills
• empower Aboriginal students to be active learners

Students will achieve this through visiting culturally significant sites to gain an insight into the traditional practices and collaborating with community to explore and enhance identity and heritage and future options for leadership, sustainability, and self-esteem.

Please contact Gibberagong EEC for more information

Stage 4, 5 and 6 art students

Nature's Canvas visual arts camp provides an opportunity for students in Years 7 to 12 to be involved in an engaging, challenging and stimulating visual arts program led by an experienced visual arts teacher. 

The aim of the camp is to provide students with an opportunity to observe, interpret and respond to their immediate environment at  Bobbin Head in the Ku-ring-gai National Park. Students will learn strategies to explore their immediate experience of the landscape to create preliminary works as departure points for resolved studio-based artworks.

Visit the Nature's Canvas page for more information

Rural and Remote Schools

The City Experience camp is designed for rural and remote schools to experience Sydney City. Design an experience of a life time for your students!

Gibberagong EEC is nestled in the beautiful Bobbin Head and is only a short drive to major sightseeing venues such as Taronga Zoo, Manly Beach, The Opera House, Homebush, The Central Coast, plus more. 

When staying with us, students will be encouraged to learn about the natural environmental, focus on wellbeing, leadership skills through activities designed to encourage teamwork, negotiation and problem solving.  Some of the activities include bushwalking, canoeing and art.

Sample program