Current Events
August 22-28, 2011.
Outdoor Education Week aims to raise public awareness of the how Outdoor Education helps individuals learn about themselves, the people in the groups with whom they work and about the environment that they are spending their time in.
Through this week we hope to encourage young people to be actively learning outside the classroom.
HOW TEACHERS AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROVIDERS CAN GET INVOLVED?
Register Now at www.outdooreducationweek.com.au
· Register your school, organisation or centre for the Postcard campaign
· Create your own Outdoor Education Week event and share it on our Google Map
· Promote your event/outdoor education experience in the local media.
HOW CAN ANYONE BE INVOLVED?
Go for a walk with your group outside during the week. Ask the group to stop three times and observe three things. They share these observations with other group members.
1. What do I notice about myself? (eg. I’ve got heaps of energy)
2. What do I notice about other people? (eg. Steve looks a bit sad today)
3. What do I notice about this place ? (eg. I wonder what that bird is? It sounds amazing)
If you can do these things, you’re on your way to doing some Outdoor Education!
Local
Meetings
- Annual General Meeting
- 2011 AGM Tuesday 8th March at the Ainslie Football Club. Meeting 5pm for a 5.30pm start, followed by presentation by Rob Brittle of his time in the Antarctic Field Station, then dinner. No cost to financial members.
- Executive committee meetings
- Committee meetings are held quarterly, usually on the Thursday afternoon of the first week of each school term. Ordinary members are welcome to attend.When’s the next meeting?
- Term 2 meeting – 5th May, 5.30-6.30pm on the balcony at the Canberra Yacht Club, Yarralumla.
- Term 3 meeting – 28th July, 4.30-5.30pm, Canberra Yacht Club
- NOEC planning meeting
- Thursday 7th April, 2011. Timings & venue: 5.30-6.30pm at the Canberra Grammar School Outdoor Education Centre, Red Hill.
- Thursday 28th July, 5.30-6.30pm, Canberra Yacht Club and then followed by dinner
- Tuesday 6th December, 4-5.30pm, meeting outside UC building 2 – site tour
- Xmas gathering
- Wed 7th December, 6pm, Lennox Gardens, BYO food & drinks
Interstate
- 2011 Outdoor Recreation Industry Council (ORIC) conference will be held 20-21st August at the Novotel Hotel, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW.More info
- 2011 OEAQ State Conference will be held on the 10-11 Sept, 2011
Where: Maroon Outdoor Education Centre, Maroon Dam Road, Maroon (near Boonah) More Info
National
- Outdoor Education Week: 22-28 August, 2011. Register at www.outdooreducationweek.com.au
- The 17th National Outdoor Education Conference will be held 16-18 January, in Canberra, Australia. It will be co-hosted by ACTOEA and Outdoor Education Australia. Updates and forms will be posted to this website as they are confirmed.
International
The Fourth International Outdoor Education Research Conference will be held at La Trobe University, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia on April 15-18, 2009. More info