At Hillcrest High School, all students are provided with and encouraged to attend our Year Ten Outdoor Education Programme. You should have received notification of the 2012 camp dates in the final school newsletter last year and camp fees were notified together with stationery requirements.

Camps are scheduled as follows:

• 10 BI & FY            13 - 16 Feb 
• 10 CX & TS          16 - 20 Feb 
• 10 DS, PD & TA   20 - 24 Feb
• 10 MH, PY & KT     5 -   8 Mar
  
  Term 2 
• 10 CS, BM & MI    30 Apr - 3 May
  
  The camps will take place at Ngatuhoa Lodge situated in the Kaimai Ranges. The students are accommodated in a heated and well-equipped lodge with power and hot showers. The programme involves tramping, abseiling, bushcraft, kayaking, orienteering plus other activities. Each class will be accompanied by two staff members, an outdoor specialist and five senior student leaders.
  
  Groups that depart on a Monday will leave from the front of school at 8.00 am and will return to school on the Wednesday at 3.30 pm. Groups that depart on the Wednesday will leave from the front of school at the end of Period Two and return at 5.30 on the Friday. They must attend class but can attend school in mufti. Camp bags should be taken to the van shed during form time where they will be locked away. Students retrieve them at the end of Period Two.
  
  Please ensure that consent and medical forms are returned to the Form Teacher three days prior to departure.
  
  
  Hans Uivel