What does learning look like when the classroom becomes the Australian bush? Recently our Year 11 & 12 PROPEL students spent a day learning alongside local bush survival expert and community advocate, Jake Cassar. Students developed practical skills in survival, tracking, fire making, shelter building, and reading the landscape around them. For some, it built on skills they already have; for others, it meant stepping well outside their comfort zone. The learning went well beyond the bushcraft. Jake provided students with a powerful example of someone who has developed knowledge and skills, and chosen to use them in service of others – helping find lost people and pets, supporting young people, and sharing the positive impact that connecting with nature can have.
This is an important part of the PROPEL approach. We want students to build a broad bank of experiences – to encounter different people, environments, ideas and challenges; develop practical skills; discover strengths they may not have known they possessed; and occasionally become comfortable with being uncomfortable. Because education is not only about what students know when they leave school. It is also about who they are becoming and what they will be equipped to contribute.
A big thank you to Jake for generously sharing his knowledge, skills and story with our students.
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