Camps/Tours/Pilgrimages  

 

The camp program is both pastoral and curriculum-based and enables our students to challenge themselves and develop skills through discovery and self-reflection.  

  • Students in Year 7 participate in a four-day activities camp .
  • Students in Year 8 participate in a four-day Outdoor Education camp at Eildon.  
  • Students in Year 9 participate in a school camp involving a seven-day pilgrimage to the Northern Territory – Journey to our Heart.
  • Students in Year 11 participate in a Leadership Program.
  • Students in Year 12 participate in a Retreat camp. 
  • NASA Space Program (Optional) 

In addition, the School is planning the following optional tours in 2025:

  • Cape York Immersion (Year 11)

    • We are delighted to offer this powerful and transformative immersion to Cape York in partnership with Red Earth for our Year 11 (2025) students. Red Earth is an organisation giving young people the opportunity to make meaningful connections with remote Indigenous Australia. Our students will fly to Cairns and travel overland to reach their immersion locations in far north Queensland. They will camp on Country in two homelands and will learn directly from Elders and Traditional Owners – a rare opportunity to make real connections by living and learning on privately held Aboriginal land. This unique experience provides students an opportunity to grow, connect with country and open their hearts to our First Nations Australians, and concludes with a visit to the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Language Tour to Italy

    • Italian language students in Years 10 – 12 are offered an opportunity to tour Italy. Starting in Rome, students immerse themselves in the Italian language and culture, and visit a range of iconic museums, landmarks and places of historical significance, as well as challenge themselves to further their language confidence and competence. Students will also engage with significant connections with Mary Ward and the Loreto sisters as they travel around.

  • NASA Tour to USA (STEM)

    • This wonderful opportunity will take students (Years 9 – 11) from Florida to San Francisco to experience a range of Science and Technology based enrichment opportunities as well as many other cultural experiences. The first four days of the tour will be spent at Kennedy Space Centre in in Orlando where students will participate in a variety of hands-on STEM challenges, labs and astronaut training simulations. With a focus on physics, two days will be spent undertaking educational programs at Universal Studios including 'Physics behind the ride'. Before leaving Florida, students will also attend a basketball game and swim with manatees! The final days of the tour will be in San Francisco, where students visit the Exploratorium and sightsee around town which includes a bike ride over the Golden Gate bridge, a visit to Alcatraz and Christmas Markets.

In addition, the School is planning but yet to be confirmed the following optional tours in 2026:

  • Language Tour to France
  • Visual Arts Tour to New York & Washington
  • Sport Tour
  • Cape York Immersion (Year 11)
  • Loreto Pilgrimage to South East Asia