Year 9 Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education provides students with a strong foundation to continue studying VCE Units 1&2 Outdoor and Environmental Studies in Year 10 at St Mary's. 

Students who excel in Outdoor and Environmental Studies may be well suited to careers within the fields of:

• National Park Management

• Adventure Tourism

• Conservation

• Teaching

• Natural Resource Management

• Environmental Science

• Meteorology

Please note - 

In addition to online subject selection, students wishing to enter into Year 9 Outdoor Education MUST complete and submit a application form. Only students who submit an application form by the due date will be considered for this subject. Year 9 Outdoor Education application forms can found in the student links section on SIMON. Students can also request a copy of the application form from their 2025 Health and PE Teacher. 

Students in Year 9 may complete up to a maximum of two Health and Physical Education electives across the year. For practicality and safety reasons, the number of classes for each subject, as well as the size of classes, will be capped. Depending on enrolment demands across all Year 9 elective subjects, students may be placed in one or two Health and Physical Education electives. Students wishing to undertake two Health and Physical Education electives should enter these in preferential order. The College will always endeavour to place students in their chosen electives, however due to our large cohort of students, we cannot guarantee this will always occur.